It is also commonly used in many similar constructions (such as in phrases like How’s it going? or Where does it hurt?). It is also very commonly used to introduce sentences that use a form of the verb be, especially statements about time (as in It’s five o’clock), distance (as in It is five miles away), or the weather (as in It was raining this morning). For example, instead of asking “What is it?” about some unidentifiable thing, you could ask “What is that?” The words this and that can be used in place of it when referring to something that’s near, understood, or previously mentioned or indicated.
The word item can be used for tangible things (as in That item is sold out) or intangible ones (as in Let’s save that item for the next agenda). It can refer to anything-it can refer to physical objects or articles but also to nonphysical entities. But there are other general terms you can use instead. Like the word thing, the word it is usually the one being used in place of a more specific word. Most commonly, it is used to refer to things. The word it is sometimes used to refer to an animal, and in some cases it can refer to an unknown person, such as when someone knocks on the door and you ask “Who is it?” (Otherwise, though, referring to a person as it for any reason is extremely offensive.) The plural pronoun they can be used to refer to multiple things in this way, as can the object form them.
The pronoun it is commonly used to refer to something without naming it.
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