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what is diffenrent between ” about it ” and ” about that” ?

Why english speaker say " i am sad about it " not to say " i am sad about that "?

example " what are you gonna do about it " not " what are you gonna do about that "

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AussieInBg profile picture AussieInBgJanuary 2023
”about it” - ”it” tends to refer to something which is closer physically, emotionally and so on.

”about that” - ”that” is relatively more distant emotionally, physically and so forth.

So, for things that are more important and closer, we use ”it”, for things less so, then ”that”.