問：英文歌"My Prayer"（我的禱告）有以下一句：You gazed at me with eyes full of love / And made me understand / That I was meant to share it with you / My heart my mind my soul。按share it的it，應是指heart、mind和soul，然則改做them會不會好一點？
答：謹先把這一句翻譯如下：「你凝望着我，脈脈含情，使我知道，我的心思與靈魂，都應和你共有。」至於文法，那一句的it字其實不必要，但歌詞為了合樂，有時用字會特別一點。句子下半截可改作I was meant to share with you my heart, my mind, my soul。當然，以下寫法也可以：I was meant to share it with you—— my heart, my mind, my soul。
那麼，用them代替it會不會好一點？答案是「不會」。英文代名詞，一般須用在所代表的名詞之後，代表的是什麼，清清楚楚，但it却例外，有時只是作及物動詞（transitive verb）的受詞（object），意思有點含糊，不一定代表什麼，例如：（1）I will have it out with him this evening. Things can't go on like this（今晚我得跟他講清楚。事情不能這樣繼續下去）。（2）The workers said they were tired（工人說感到疲倦）。第一句的it，主要是作受詞，意思含糊；第二句的they，固然是指workers，但they不能倒置在the workers之前，即不能說They said the workers were tired，正如讀者示下那一句，也不可說I was meant to share them with you ——my heart, my mind, my soul。