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[jasonlulu_2000]

I'm not sure if I'll type my paper myself; i have more important things to do than ______.
A. it B. those C. that
Since it also can refer to typing my letter, why cannot we use "it "instead?

Another question is as follows:

----I really like the book you lent me yesterday.

Could I reply by "I am very glad you like it"?

Jason

[cgage2]

Demonstratives are deictic words (they depend on an external frame of reference) that indicate which entities a speaker refers to, and distinguishes those entities from others.
Examples: this, that , these, those
Perhaps you could use "it". however, you aremaking a distinction between more important things and "it". Therfore, you should use a demonstrative pronoun.
When you refer to the book, you refer to one thing, so you can use the pronoun. "it".