anticipatory it

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Noun

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Examples
  • It is difficult to understand this essay. (To understand this essay is difficult.)
  • I consider it unacceptable that the fare has doubled. (I consider (the fact) that the fare has doubled unacceptable.)

anticipatory it (plural anticipatory its)

  1. (grammar) The pronoun "it" used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or, less commonly, object.
    Synonym: preparatory it