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It is Friday.The pronoun it can also be used in expressions such as the followi ng.e.g. It would be a good idea to attend the meeti ng.It is not necessary to buy tickets in advance.It will be easy to find the right house.It was clever of you to think of that.In these sentences, it can be thought of as standing for the infinitive which follows theverb. The ideas expressed in such sentences may be expressed without the use of it bychanging the infinitive to a gerund, which is placed before the verb.For instance, the preceding sentences can be rewritten as follows:Attending the meeting would be a good idea.Buyi ng tickets in advance is not necessary.Finding the right house will be easy.Thinking of that was clever of you.See Exercise 4.4. The objective caseObjects of verbs have already been discussed in the chapter on transitive andintransitive verbs. When a personal pronoun is the object of a verb, the pronoun mustbe in the objective case. In the following sentences, the pronouns in the objective caseare underlined.e.g. They need me.We like you.They understand him.I wanted her to help them.We mended it yesterday.As shown in the following table, each personal pronoun in the subjective case has acorresponding form in the objective case.Personal pronouns in the subjective and objective casesSubjective CaseIyouhesheitwetheyObjective CasemeyouhimheritusthemIt can be seen that only the personal pronouns you and it have the same form in theobjective case as in the subjective case.