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3 Unspecified it: in a great many cases it is used in such a way that it is not
possible to point to something specifically referred to.
a. Weather it: It is cold today.
b. Time it: It is four oclock.
c. Space it: It is a long way to San Francisco.
d. Idiomatic it: If youre found out, youll catch it.
If you go camping, youll have to rough it.
5 Emphatic it: It was his mother who said that. (The resulting structure is
also known as cleft sentence).