: Re: Should one avoid overusing "it" in prose? The next morning I went to the forestâ€”not the mini-scale forest but the real one. It extended miles and miles around the house. We were

I only take issue with the last "it". The previous two instances both refer to the forest, while this one refers to the house, so the switch can be confusing.

I think "its existence" is too wordy. "It" works just fine in this spot because it's unambiguous what the pronoun refers to.

If I were the editor, I would leave the first two and only change the last one to be more clear that it's the house being referred to, not the forest.

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