wace
Member
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2008
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Italian
- Home Country
- Italy
- Current Location
- Italy
On the horns of a dilemma - yet again, I might add - as to which pronoun is correct or sounds better in the following sentence:
'I had a friend over for dinner last night. IT/HE was an old friend from high school'.
Instinctively I'd go for IT (as it could be the answer to 'Oh, really, who was it?) but I'd rather wait for a native speaker's enlightened comment.
Any further information about this 'friend' would normally be added afterwards, I suppose. (His name is... He was a pest as a kid.....)
Thanks for your help.
'I had a friend over for dinner last night. IT/HE was an old friend from high school'.
Instinctively I'd go for IT (as it could be the answer to 'Oh, really, who was it?) but I'd rather wait for a native speaker's enlightened comment.
Any further information about this 'friend' would normally be added afterwards, I suppose. (His name is... He was a pest as a kid.....)
Thanks for your help.
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