0
Stenka25 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Cleft sentence ?
StartFragment>
In the below sentence, the sentence represented by red letters look a bit curious?
I can't figure out exactly what it means.
Would you be willing to help make some signs and stand on major intersections? It is just like voting for any other cause. It is not that expensive and big signs made by you will do the trick.
[To me, it a cleft sentence, like
Expensive and big signs made by you will do not the trick.
It is not that expensive and big signs made by you will do the trick.]
But I haven't seen any cleft sentence that only emphasizes 'not.'
Give me help.
In the below sentence, the sentence represented by red letters look a bit curious?
I can't figure out exactly what it means.
Would you be willing to help make some signs and stand on major intersections? It is just like voting for any other cause. It is not that expensive and big signs made by you will do the trick.
[To me, it a cleft sentence, like
Expensive and big signs made by you will do not the trick.
It is not that expensive and big signs made by you will do the trick.]
But I haven't seen any cleft sentence that only emphasizes 'not.'
Give me help.
Top answer
Stenka25 It is not that expensive and big signs made by you will do the trick . When you have something like "It is not that these signs will accomplish our goal", it doesn't mean "These signs will not accomplish our goal". It means that the signs alone will probably not be enough to accomplish the goal.
- Stenka25 It is not that expensive and big signs made by you will do the trick .
- When you have something like "It is not that these signs will accomplish our goal", it doesn't mean "These signs will not accomplish our goal".
- It means that the signs alone will probably not be enough to accomplish the goal.
- The signs are not a guarantee.
- Similarly, Write a letter to the tax collector.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
2 Answers
0
Stenka25It is not that expensive and big signs made by you will do the trick.When you have something like "It is not that these signs will accomplish our goal", it doesn't mean "These signs will not accomplish our goal". It means that the signs alone will probably not be enough to accomplish the goal. The sig
00
Related Questions