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    The document discusses the various meanings of the pronoun "it" including personal "it" which refers back to a noun, impersonal "it" used in expressions about weather or time, anticipatory "it" introducing a subject clause, and demonstrative "it" identifying a noun.

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    SUBJECT (TABLE 9)

    Simple
    Complex

    Notional Formal
    Notional

    Predicative Subject
    Noun or its It There
    complexes clauses
    equivalents

    Various meanings of the pronoun “it”:

    1. Personal “it” (anaphoric use): I see a flower. It is very nice.


    2. Impersonal “it”: a) It is raining. b) It is cold here. c) It is three o’clock.
    3. Anticipatory “it”: It is necessary to go there.
    4. Demonstrative “it”: It was his friend John.

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