I am always confused whenever IT is used to refer a clause. Mostly with IT I am unable to locate its antecedent. Please help me, question posted is a typical example: Here I initially thought that It can never refer to clause and got this questionwrong.
It was not long after the 1930s commenced that such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to the popularization of a type of romantic, soothing singing that came to be called “crooning.”
A - It was not long after
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It was not long after the 1930s commenced that such baritone singers as Bing Crosby and Russ Columbo contributed to the popularization of a type of romantic, soothing singing that came to be called “crooning.”
A - It was not long after
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