Re: Overuse of "It"

Subject: Re: Overuse of "It"
From: Milan Davidovic <shl_ctf -at- yahoo -dot- ca>
To: ekarenski-techwrl -at- yahoo -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:23:45 -0400 (EDT)

--- Karen <ekarenski-techwrl -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> I'm looking on the web for good examples for
> avoiding the usage of this pronoun; however, finding
> hits on wordiness and overuse of it can confuse the
> search engines.

Is this the kind of "it" you're thinking of:

http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/it

If so, try searching for "prop it".

If not, can you give us a few examples?


Milan
http://altmilan.blogspot.com
http://www.terminus1525.ca/studio/view/2758

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Overuse of "It": From: Karen

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