And I've been mulling over the ways these can be reworded.I like it when you look at me this inquiringly.
They won't like it that I've told you that.
Can you arrange it that they won't get there on time?
I'd hate it if you tried to tell me who I could go out with.
I'll appreciate it if you tell the police you did not see me there before noon.
For example:
Also, there's a standalone sentence whose grammar, if it is reworded that way, kind of worries me:I like you/your smiling at me this inquiringly.
They won't like my having told you that.
Can you arrange their not getting on time there?
I'd hate you/your trying to tell me who I could go out with.
I'll appreciate your telling the police you did not see me there before noon.
VSI hate it when I have my questions unanswered
My question about the last one is this:I hate having my questions unanswered.
Does the -ing version need the use of the anticipatory "it"?
If not, will the use of "it" make the sentence utterly ungrammatical, or just sounding unusual/ unnatural/dialectal?I hate it having my questions unanswered.
P.S. I can't be sure that the use of the anticipatory IT followed by verbs hasn't already been discussed on this forum or elsewhere in detail, but if it has been, and someone can share the link, I'll be more than happy:-)
The matter is that In the books I have at hand, there is not information on this issue enough for me to fully grasp the nuances of the usage.
The same goes for the explanations I came upon on the ESL-learning sites.
So to those, I'd much rather prefer the famous informational spoon-feeding by our highly esteemed and dearly loved @Yety, or the feedback from my other brothers in arms in the unсeasing local conflicts with the English language.
P.P.S. That I've written this post in English, by no means mean that I'm expecting the feedback in the same language. Written in our mother tongue, the answers are not an iota less welcome--of course, unless they're irrelevant to the topic:)