Can we remove "it" in this sentence?
Adverse weather conditions made it difficult to play the game.
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No, I believe that you may not.
"Adverse weather conditions made it difficult TO PLAY the game."
1. Adverse weather conditions made IT difficult.
a. Made what difficult? Answer: to play the game.
In other words: Adverse weather conditions made it (to play the game) difficult.
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This is because of a rule that states that a transitive verb must have an object. In this case, "make" has no object because the object is a situation "difficult to play the game." So the solution is to insert the impersonal object "it"
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Thanks liv! ;)
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you could say "adverse weather conditions made playing the game difficult"
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