ramblersm wrote:
Span wrote:
I say A - My issue with B is, what is that initial "it" referring to?
I agree and hence pick A aswell.
Thepronoun it is used a placeholder pronoun here. A placeholder pronoun may refer to a phrase or a clause. e.g.
It is forbidden to go there.
Here thepronoun it refers to to go there .
The sentence actually means: To go there is forbidden.
Similarly in this case the placeholder it refers to the whole clause that the decline in number of black-footed ferrets is.....their prey
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