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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