prep1-118 看了之前的讨论帖依然不明白it的指代问题

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It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise for its unrelenting reporting of the Watergate scandal.

(A) It was only after Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and it was under her command that the paper won high praise

(B) It was only after Katharine Graham's becoming publisher of The Washington Post in 1963 that it moved into the first rank of American newspapers, and under her command it had won high praise

(C) Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post in 1963, and only after that did it move into the first rank of American newspapers, having won high praise under her command

(D) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Graham became its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post, winning high praise under her command

(E) Moving into the first rank of American newspapers only after Katharine Graham's becoming its publisher in 1963, The Washington Post won high praise under her command

正解A.

这句话里第一个和最后一个it都是强调句的形式主语指代的内容是that后面的，中间的it指代Washington Post。可是不是说同一句子中相同的代词指代对象要相同吗？

第一个和最后一个it都是强调结构中的it，而中间的it是指代The washington post，用法不同。

来自语法笔记：

补充说明：强调结构

强调结构，即“it+be 动词+强调部分+who(m)或 that+其他部分”。

强调结构中的 it 不作句子结构中的任何成分，无所指代，故认为不与后面有所指的 it 冲突。

但形式主语（也叫先行主语）不一样，形式主语 it 指代了句子的真正主语（真正的主语在句子后部），

因为有所指，所以句子中如果再出现其它有所指的 it，就冲突了。