<p>"It is difficult to say from which civilization calligraphy directly emerged."</p>
<p>F)no change</p>
<p>H) From which civilization calligraphy directly emerged is difficult to say."</p>
<p>Why is the answer F, and not H? </p>
<p>They both sound fine to me, and although I would normally use and write choice F, I thought that it was bad to use the word "it" without it being properly defined beforehand.</p>
<p>Can anyone shine some light on this and explain the situation?
When is it okay to start a sentence with it/use it in a sentence?</p>
<p>Thank you so much.</p>
<p>“From which” is really awkward phrasing. Try saying these to yourself while taking the test. It’s technically grammatically correct but starting a sentence with “from which”, followed by a noun, and following a phrase that is utilized to describe what that “from which” is from is very awkward.</p>
<p>If it sounds weird when you read it aloud, it’s probably wrong.</p>
<p>Ah okay that makes sense sorta. But is it always okay to use the word “it” in that manner? Like is it always fine to say “It is difficult to say from which civilization…?”</p>
<p>Yeah. It’s definitely okay to use “it” in that manner. :)</p>