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Adonis Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
About cleft sentence
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I am not sure whether these sentences about cleft sentence are correct ot not.
Thank you for checking these sentences.
1?It is the development of computer technology that people have accessible to latest information.
2?It is dance that aborigines remember and restore their common cultural memory.
3?It was after turning up the first landslide resulting in many people to die that the government began to emphasize the importance of environmental protection.
4?It is only when students are on the brink of failing the required subject that they realize it is about time to change the attitude toward studying hard.
5?What is the best way to develop humankind’s mind is education.
6?What threatens the quality of residential environment are air and noisy pollution.
7?What helps me to succeed is working hard.
I am not sure whether these sentences about cleft sentence are correct ot not.
Thank you for checking these sentences.
1?It is the development of computer technology that people have accessible to latest information.
2?It is dance that aborigines remember and restore their common cultural memory.
3?It was after turning up the first landslide resulting in many people to die that the government began to emphasize the importance of environmental protection.
4?It is only when students are on the brink of failing the required subject that they realize it is about time to change the attitude toward studying hard.
5?What is the best way to develop humankind’s mind is education.
6?What threatens the quality of residential environment are air and noisy pollution.
7?What helps me to succeed is working hard.
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Some of them need restructuring, Adonis. It is the development of computer technology that has given people access to the latest information. It is dance that aborigines use to remember and restore their common cultural memory.
- Some of them need restructuring, Adonis.
- It is the development of computer technology that has given people access to the latest information.
- It is dance that aborigines use to remember and restore their common cultural memory.
- It was after identifying the first landslide resulting in many people's deaths that the government began to emphasize the importance of environmental protection.
- It is only when students are on the brink of failing the required subject that they realize it is about time to change the attitude toward studying hard.
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Some of them need restructuring, Adonis. Take a close look at what I've done:
1?It is the development of computer technology that has given people access to the latest information.
2?It is dance that aborigines use to remember and restore their common cultural memory.
3?It was after identifying the first landslide resulting in many people's deaths that
1?It is the development of computer technology that has given people access to the latest information.
2?It is dance that aborigines use to remember and restore their common cultural memory.
3?It was after identifying the first landslide resulting in many people's deaths that
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Adding to Mr. Micawber's comments, note that only sentences of the form "It is/was/... that/who/which ..." are truly "cleft sentences". Those with "what is ...", "what threatens ...", "what helps ...", are, technically speaking, called "pseudo-cleft sentences". (Ex. 5, 6, 7).
To make them true cleft sentences you would need to rephrase:
It is education which is the best way
To make them true cleft sentences you would need to rephrase:
It is education which is the best way
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Would you be so kind as to answer the following question ?
Is it possible to start a sentence like this: It were Kate and John who were late yesterday
what happens where there are two or more objects (people, things etc.) ?
thanks in advance
Is it possible to start a sentence like this: It were Kate and John who were late yesterday
what happens where there are two or more objects (people, things etc.) ?
thanks in advance
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The first 'were' should be 'was.' I am not clear on the reasoning, though.
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Can someone give me a link to a good site that can explain "cleft sentences" to me? That's a new one for me.
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I still don't know if "were" is possible in a sentence like: It were_ Kate and John who... or It _were the people who...
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No. "were" is not possible. The subject is "it". "it" requires a singular verb no matter what follows.
It is John and Kate who ...
It was John and Kate who ...
It is the people who ...
It was the people who ...
CJ
It is John and Kate who ...
It was John and Kate who ...
It is the people who ...
It was the people who ...
CJ
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