is this grammatically correct?

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<p>Because they painted scenes of life as ordinary people lived it, </p><main clause="" here="">. <p></p>

<p>This is supposed to be correct, but isn't the "it" wrong? What does it modify?</p>
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<p>life </p>

<p>why does CC require you to post more than 10 characters?</p>

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<p>"It" takes the place of life.</p>

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<p>Yes, this is correct. “It” modifies life.</p>

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<p>it just sounds so weird!</p>

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<p>well thats english for ya ;)</p>