I brought you very important news. It is the latest news.
It is used as a subject here. But is it personal,impersonal or emphatic?
It's probably personal, however there is some kind of emphasis on the fact that it's the latest news. So I'm not sure.
What do you think?
I need to know how does "it" function as the subject. Not what type of pronoun it is.
For example:
"It" as a formal subject (to denote аbstract idea. definite
thing.)If it is liberty, it isn't going to mean a thing.
The demonstrative "it"
They learn to speak English before they learn to read it.
The impersonal "it"(to denote natural phenomena, time and distance)
It is cold in winter.
It is morning already.
The introductory or anticipatory "it"(introduces a real subject)
It's no use disguising facts.
The emphatic "it"
It was he who had brought back George to Amelia.
Best Answer
I'm not sure what you mean by "personal, impersonal, or emphatic."
In this case, "it" is referring back to "news" in the preceding sentence. What is the latest news? The "very important news" that "I brought you". The pronoun could be replaced with "news" or "this news", like "This news is the latest news". But most writers would avoid that because then you'd be using the word "news" twice in one sentence and three times in two sentences.
Note that if you just had the second sentence, "it" could be more of a placeholder, not relating to any antecedent. Like if you turned on the television and a news program was on, you might say, "Oh, it's the latest news!" In that case "it" is referring to what's on the television, but you haven't identified it verbally.