I hate it when…” is the second sentence that has this function.

I had a hard time to stop thinking about this girl that I was in love with.

Why do you hate it when you do it?

Why is it necessary to use “it” in the sample sentences above if the role of the object play the (a) gerund, (b) the subordinate clause?

Why does the world never know if you are able to join a group!

Asked on December 24, 2021 in Other.
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In sentence a, you need the dummy pronoun it, because the direct object with found in this meaning is placed between found and complement to the object. The normal construction is found + something + impossible, but because the direct object is a whole subclause ( to stop thinking about one little girl ), that subclause is placed at end of your main clause. Why we use the dummy pronoun It between found and difficult to keep the regular order of words. A sentence like this would not be pleasant to read.

I found to stop thinking about one little girl difficult.

Why are long phrases centered at the end of a sentence? While my two kids are at camp, I found

it difficult to stop thinking about one little girl.

Do you put in the verb prefix the direct object to precede the complement to the object difficult then the dummy before the direct object?

Note that the subclause still acts as the actual object!


In sentence b the it can be dropped, but your sentence will then be informal. What is the difference between hate and hate when?

In your case, when you are a direct object. If the time shows in a visual way, in this context, it can be interpreted as an approximate complement of time. Which is probably probably the reason for the time being put in place. When doesn’t introduce. An adverbial complement. Is the person you hate who does something who you hate to them? It is not something else that she hates you at the moment of you doing that.

Answered on December 25, 2021.
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In sentence a, you need the dummy pronoun it, because the direct object with found in this meaning is placed between found and complement to the object. The normal construction is found + something + impossible, but because the direct object is a whole subclause ( to stop thinking about one little girl ), that subclause is placed at end of your main clause. Why we use the dummy pronoun It between found and difficult to keep the regular order of words. A sentence like this would not be pleasant to read.

I found to stop thinking about one little girl difficult.

Why are long phrases centered at the end of a sentence? While my two kids are at camp, I found

it difficult to stop thinking about one little girl.

Do you put in the verb prefix the direct object to precede the complement to the object difficult then the dummy before the direct object?

Note that the subclause still acts as the actual object!


In sentence b the it can be dropped, but your sentence will then be informal. What is the difference between hate and hate when?

In your case, when you are a direct object. If the time shows in a visual way, in this context, it can be interpreted as an approximate complement of time. Which is probably probably the reason for the time being put in place. When doesn’t introduce. An adverbial complement. Is the person you hate who does something who you hate to them? It is not something else that she hates you at the moment of you doing that.

Answered on December 25, 2021.
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In sentence a, you need the dummy pronoun it, because the direct object with found in this meaning is placed between found and complement to the object. The normal construction is found + something + impossible, but because the direct object is a whole subclause ( to stop thinking about one little girl ), that subclause is placed at end of your main clause. Why we use the dummy pronoun It between found and difficult to keep the regular order of words. A sentence like this would not be pleasant to read.

I found to stop thinking about one little girl difficult.

Why are long phrases centered at the end of a sentence? While my two kids are at camp, I found

it difficult to stop thinking about one little girl.

Do you put in the verb prefix the direct object to precede the complement to the object difficult then the dummy before the direct object?

Note that the subclause still acts as the actual object!


In sentence b the it can be dropped, but your sentence will then be informal. What is the difference between hate and hate when?

In your case, when you are a direct object. If the time shows in a visual way, in this context, it can be interpreted as an approximate complement of time. Which is probably probably the reason for the time being put in place. When doesn’t introduce. An adverbial complement. Is the person you hate who does something who you hate to them? It is not something else that she hates you at the moment of you doing that.

Answered on December 26, 2021.
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In sentence a, you need the dummy pronoun it, because the direct object with found in this meaning is placed between found and complement to the object. The normal construction is found + something + impossible, but because the direct object is a whole subclause ( to stop thinking about one little girl ), that subclause is placed at end of your main clause. Why we use the dummy pronoun It between found and difficult to keep the regular order of words. A sentence like this would not be pleasant to read.

I found to stop thinking about one little girl difficult.

Why are long phrases centered at the end of a sentence? While my two kids are at camp, I found

it difficult to stop thinking about one little girl.

Do you put in the verb prefix the direct object to precede the complement to the object difficult then the dummy before the direct object?

Note that the subclause still acts as the actual object!


In sentence b the it can be dropped, but your sentence will then be informal. What is the difference between hate and hate when?

In your case, when you are a direct object. If the time shows in a visual way, in this context, it can be interpreted as an approximate complement of time. Which is probably probably the reason for the time being put in place. When doesn’t introduce. An adverbial complement. Is the person you hate who does something who you hate to them? It is not something else that she hates you at the moment of you doing that.

Answered on December 26, 2021.
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In sentence a, you need the dummy pronoun it, because the direct object with found in this meaning is placed between found and complement to the object. The normal construction is found + something + impossible, but because the direct object is a whole subclause ( to stop thinking about one little girl ), that subclause is placed at end of your main clause. Why we use the dummy pronoun It between found and difficult to keep the regular order of words. A sentence like this would not be pleasant to read.

I found to stop thinking about one little girl difficult.

Why are long phrases centered at the end of a sentence? While my two kids are at camp, I found

it difficult to stop thinking about one little girl.

Do you put in the verb prefix the direct object to precede the complement to the object difficult then the dummy before the direct object?

Note that the subclause still acts as the actual object!


In sentence b the it can be dropped, but your sentence will then be informal. What is the difference between hate and hate when?

In your case, when you are a direct object. If the time shows in a visual way, in this context, it can be interpreted as an approximate complement of time. Which is probably probably the reason for the time being put in place. When doesn’t introduce. An adverbial complement. Is the person you hate who does something who you hate to them? It is not something else that she hates you at the moment of you doing that.

Answered on February 15, 2022.
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In sentence a, you need the dummy pronoun it, because the direct object with found in this meaning is placed between found and complement to the object. The normal construction is found + something + impossible, but because the direct object is a whole subclause ( to stop thinking about one little girl ), that subclause is placed at end of your main clause. Why we use the dummy pronoun It between found and difficult to keep the regular order of words. A sentence like this would not be pleasant to read.

I found to stop thinking about one little girl difficult.

Why are long phrases centered at the end of a sentence? While my two kids are at camp, I found

it difficult to stop thinking about one little girl.

Do you put in the verb prefix the direct object to precede the complement to the object difficult then the dummy before the direct object?

Note that the subclause still acts as the actual object!


In sentence b the it can be dropped, but your sentence will then be informal. What is the difference between hate and hate when?

In your case, when you are a direct object. If the time shows in a visual way, in this context, it can be interpreted as an approximate complement of time. Which is probably probably the reason for the time being put in place. When doesn’t introduce. An adverbial complement. Is the person you hate who does something who you hate to them? It is not something else that she hates you at the moment of you doing that.

Answered on February 17, 2022.
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In sentence a, you need the dummy pronoun it, because the direct object with found in this meaning is placed between found and complement to the object. The normal construction is found + something + impossible, but because the direct object is a whole subclause ( to stop thinking about one little girl ), that subclause is placed at end of your main clause. Why we use the dummy pronoun It between found and difficult to keep the regular order of words. A sentence like this would not be pleasant to read.

I found to stop thinking about one little girl difficult.

Why are long phrases centered at the end of a sentence? While my two kids are at camp, I found

it difficult to stop thinking about one little girl.

Do you put in the verb prefix the direct object to precede the complement to the object difficult then the dummy before the direct object?

Note that the subclause still acts as the actual object!


In sentence b the it can be dropped, but your sentence will then be informal. What is the difference between hate and hate when?

In your case, when you are a direct object. If the time shows in a visual way, in this context, it can be interpreted as an approximate complement of time. Which is probably probably the reason for the time being put in place. When doesn’t introduce. An adverbial complement. Is the person you hate who does something who you hate to them? It is not something else that she hates you at the moment of you doing that.

Answered on February 21, 2022.
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In sentence a, you need the dummy pronoun it, because the direct object with found in this meaning is placed between found and complement to the object. The normal construction is found + something + impossible, but because the direct object is a whole subclause ( to stop thinking about one little girl ), that subclause is placed at end of your main clause. Why we use the dummy pronoun It between found and difficult to keep the regular order of words. A sentence like this would not be pleasant to read.

I found to stop thinking about one little girl difficult.

Why are long phrases centered at the end of a sentence? While my two kids are at camp, I found

it difficult to stop thinking about one little girl.

Do you put in the verb prefix the direct object to precede the complement to the object difficult then the dummy before the direct object?

Note that the subclause still acts as the actual object!


In sentence b the it can be dropped, but your sentence will then be informal. What is the difference between hate and hate when?

In your case, when you are a direct object. If the time shows in a visual way, in this context, it can be interpreted as an approximate complement of time. Which is probably probably the reason for the time being put in place. When doesn’t introduce. An adverbial complement. Is the person you hate who does something who you hate to them? It is not something else that she hates you at the moment of you doing that.

Answered on March 2, 2022.
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In sentence a, you need the dummy pronoun it, because the direct object with found in this meaning is placed between found and complement to the object. The normal construction is found + something + impossible, but because the direct object is a whole subclause ( to stop thinking about one little girl ), that subclause is placed at end of your main clause. Why we use the dummy pronoun It between found and difficult to keep the regular order of words. A sentence like this would not be pleasant to read.

I found to stop thinking about one little girl difficult.

Why are long phrases centered at the end of a sentence? While my two kids are at camp, I found

it difficult to stop thinking about one little girl.

Do you put in the verb prefix the direct object to precede the complement to the object difficult then the dummy before the direct object?

Note that the subclause still acts as the actual object!


In sentence b the it can be dropped, but your sentence will then be informal. What is the difference between hate and hate when?

In your case, when you are a direct object. If the time shows in a visual way, in this context, it can be interpreted as an approximate complement of time. Which is probably probably the reason for the time being put in place. When doesn’t introduce. An adverbial complement. Is the person you hate who does something who you hate to them? It is not something else that she hates you at the moment of you doing that.

Answered on March 30, 2022.
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In sentence a, you need the dummy pronoun it, because the direct object with found in this meaning is placed between found and complement to the object. The normal construction is found + something + impossible, but because the direct object is a whole subclause ( to stop thinking about one little girl ), that subclause is placed at end of your main clause. Why we use the dummy pronoun It between found and difficult to keep the regular order of words. A sentence like this would not be pleasant to read.

I found to stop thinking about one little girl difficult.

Why are long phrases centered at the end of a sentence? While my two kids are at camp, I found

it difficult to stop thinking about one little girl.

Do you put in the verb prefix the direct object to precede the complement to the object difficult then the dummy before the direct object?

Note that the subclause still acts as the actual object!


In sentence b the it can be dropped, but your sentence will then be informal. What is the difference between hate and hate when?

In your case, when you are a direct object. If the time shows in a visual way, in this context, it can be interpreted as an approximate complement of time. Which is probably probably the reason for the time being put in place. When doesn’t introduce. An adverbial complement. Is the person you hate who does something who you hate to them? It is not something else that she hates you at the moment of you doing that.

Answered on March 30, 2022.
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