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Masanori Takaoka Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

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You use your language so instinctively that it is difficult to stand outside yourself and think of it as something that is independent of you, something which you know and which can be described. You may even feel inclined to say that your language is not something you know, you just speak it, and that's all there is to it.

At the end of this passage,

1. what does "that's all there is to it" mean?
2. Is this "that's all (that) there is to it"?
3. What does "to" mean here?
4. What does "it" refer to?
  

Top answer

Masanori Takaoka 1. what does "that's all there is to it" mean? There is no more that can be said about it.

— CalifJim

  • Masanori Takaoka 1.
  • what does "that's all there is to it" mean?
  • There is no more that can be said about it.
  • It can't be explained in any greater detail than that.
  • That's the final word on it.
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Masanori Takaoka1. what does "that's all there is to it" mean?
There is no more that can be said about it. It can't be explained in any greater detail than that. That's the final word on it. It is as simple as what has already been said.

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"That's all there is to it" is an idiom in English, and as an idiom it cannot be precisely analyzed grammatically. This idiom actually has no real meaning. It's something to end sentences with, as a kind of emphasizer. It might be replaced with a simple exclamation point, or a word and an exclamation point, like: "see!" or "there!" or "hah!" or "ta-da!"
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Anonymous This idiom actually has no real meaning.
That's incorrect! Unlike yours, CalifJim's post explains it very well. See above.
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