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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

There vs it

There is another meeting.
I saw the above sentence there is - it is
Why can't we use "it" in place of "there"?

I am learning about the uses of "there and it " as a dummy subject but finding it hard.

  

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Meeting is a noun. There is usually used with nouns : There is a car in the street. There was a time when I knew nothing about French.

  • Meeting is a noun.
  • There is usually used with nouns : There is a car in the street.
  • There was a time when I knew nothing about French.
  • There were five men in the room.
  • It is used with adjectives : It is cold in this room.
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Meeting is a noun. There is usually used with nouns:

There is a car in the street.

There was a time when I knew nothing about French.

There were five men in the room.

It is used with

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