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Wowenglish Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

It

I would like to know the difference in the meaning between It(1) and it(2).
1. It is fun to ride a bike.
2. Divorce, it's all about control.
  

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Hi, In my opinion there's no difference that really sticks out. They both mean the same (it).

  • Hi, In my opinion there's no difference that really sticks out.
  • They both mean the same (it).
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Hi,

In my opinion there's no difference that really sticks out. They both mean the same (it).
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I suppose you can say that "it" in #1 anticipates its referent, while "it" in #2 follows (probably there's some technical term for this phenomenon). To write these in an exactly parallel way we'd have to say:

"Riding a bike: it's fun."

"Divorce: it's all about control."

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