@Tenser- don't be coy, you take me very seriously when you want to.
Also, I disagree about laughing at your own jokes. Some comedians make it work, like Dave Chappelle. When he does it it's endearing but when someone like Jimmy Fallon does it it's awkward and annoying. It's all about perspective.
Is it ok to have "it" back to back like that? Seemed weird.
So it's the use of endearing that you're on about? I meant it like he's very personable and laughing at his own jokes is part of his charm. What would've been a better word?
So it's the use of endearing that you're on about? I meant it like he's very personable and laughing at his own jokes is part of his charm. What would've been a better word?
Is it ok to have "it" back to back like that? Seemed weird.
I put my answer in a spoiler to build the tension, well actually just because some people don't like reading grammar lessons.
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So long as you use a comma between the word "it" and "it's"
So it would be like this:
Jimmy Fallon does it, it's awkward and annoying.
This is also one of the situations that can use a semicolon. Both the phrase "Jimmy Fallon does it" and "it's awkward and annoying." Contain a subject, and object and a verb, meaning that they are both complete sentences and could stand alone, they are also relevant in relation to each other, but essentially separate, so it would be appropriate as:
Jimmy Fallon does it; it's awkward and annoying.
Also, the doubling of the pronoun "it" could be used in the situation where the first object being described as "it" is in a direct interaction with the second object being described as "it" (in some cases it can be one object)
It is comparable to the phrase:
He's his own person.
Of course, it's more like:
It's its own thing.
While this looks, and sounds, a bit awkward, it is syntactically correct.
@DM- thanks but next time I'll just word it differently.
Your welcome, I guess you don't want to have to deal with the syntax involved in such a simple, little phrase.
I'm usually the same way, I just thought I'd explain how the word "it" can be doubled and still work.
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