Awkward Grammar Structure (pleonastic object)

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GuilhermeRM

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Hello, could anyone give me a hand on this sentence?
[...] so they do not find it inconvenient to weigh in ounces, pounds and stones; measure in inches.

Hasn't the pronoun 'it'' already satisfied the verb ''to find''? Why there is a complement?
 
Where's the pleonasm? I don't get your question, I'm afraid.
 
The 'it' is the so-called 'impersonal it'. In this sentence it stands for 'the fact that weighing in ounces, pounds and stones is inconvenient'.

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