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IT or THERE? (distinction between the use of 'IT' and 'THERE')
source: MrSkypelessons 2016年11月23日
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IT
1) It is a pronoun
2) It + adjective + to + infinitive (or that)
3) It + be + time / distance / weather
4) It + help/hurt/pay + to + infinitive
5) It + feeling + object + to + infinitive (or that)
6) It + take + object + TIME (how long)
7) hate/love/like/can't stand/bear + IT + that/if/when
8) dislike/enjoy/understand/prefer + IT + /if/when
9) believe/consider/feel/find/think + IT + adjective + that
THERE
1) DEICTIC (There's my pen! There it is. He's over there)
2) EXISTENTIAL (There was a bank in the town centre)
There's no point in
There's no choice/alternative but to...
There's no denying that
There's no hope for
There's no need to
There's no question of
There's no chance of
There's no reason to
It's no longer...
It's no coincidence/surprise/secret/accident that
It's no good/use + _____ING