kaplan = wrong and failure??

Test Preparation
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<p>i read in one of their books that pronous like "It" must have clear antecedents, yet this rule is wrong in the blue book, such as this question.</p>

<p>pg 847</p>

<p>The <em>often conflicting</em> reports of different polling organizagions <em>make it difficult to</em> predict which of the two candidates <em>is</em> <em>more likely</em> to win the election next year.</p>

<p>so according to kaplan, <em>make it difficult</em> is wrong cause theres no antecedent for it. yet collegeboard says this is the idomatic usage. anyone confirm this?</p>

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<p>it's wrong.</p>

<p>b/c...</p>

<p>The <em>often conflicting</em> reports of different polling organizagions <em>make the election difficult to</em> predict which of the two candidates <em>is</em> <em>more likely</em> to win the election next year.</p>

<p>what does "it" refer to? the organizations? reports? no and no. "IT" = the poll, election, or something. </p>

<p>edit: forget this. this is a horrible sentence....ditch kaplan now and follow xiggi method.</p>

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<p>whaaa??? is it right or wrong then? kaplan method says its wrong, but the collegeboard book and site explanations say its perfectly fine</p>

<p>can you link me to the specific page of xiggi method? theres like 20+</p>

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<p>It's definitely correct.For example,I can say: The bad weather made it impossible for us to go out without getting wet through.</p>

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<p>hmm so "it", idiomatically speaking, CAN work even tho it is an ambiguous pronoun, which IS right on the SAT?</p>

<p>this is the only one right? cause if you had a sentence on the SAT like</p>

<p>the show was very bad; they made it bad.</p>

<p>the correct answer should account for who "they" are right?</p>

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<p>In your very first example as well as mine,"it" does not refer to a specific object</p>

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<p>ok.. so when it is not used to refer to anything, then its ok. but if another pronoun is refering to somethign thats not stated in the setence, its wrong. correct?</p>

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<p>bump can someone confirm</p>

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<p>I believe you are right.</p>

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<p>thx flip u = great help</p>

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