Cleft sentence
The reason why I’ve come is to discuss my future with you.
From icaltefl.com (Cleft Clauses in English Grammar).
Is The reason why I’ve come a noun phrase in the cleft sentence above?
Is to discuss my future with you the main clause in that cleft sentence?
Is To discuss my future with you is the reason why I’ve come the simple sentence (the non-cleft one) from which the cleft sentence has been generated?
Top answer
anonymous Is The reason why I’ve come a noun phrase in the cleft sentence above? I wasn't aware that grammarians were calling this construction a cleft sentence; nevertheless, yes, that part of it is a noun phrase. anonymous Is to discuss my future with you the main clause in that cleft sentence?
- anonymous Is The reason why I’ve come a noun phrase in the cleft sentence above?
- I wasn't aware that grammarians were calling this construction a cleft sentence; nevertheless, yes, that part of it is a noun phrase.
- anonymous Is to discuss my future with you the main clause in that cleft sentence?
- No.
- The whole sentence is the main clause.
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anonymousIs The reason why I’ve come a noun phrase in the cleft sentence above?
I wasn't aware that grammarians were calling this construction a cleft sentence; nevertheless, yes, that part of it is a noun phrase.
anonymousIs to discuss my future with you the main clause in that cleft sentence?
No. The whole sente
0anonymousThe reason why I’ve come is to discuss my future with you.
From icaltefl.com (Cleft Clauses in English Grammar).
Is The reason why I’ve come a noun phrase in the cleft sentence above?
Is to discuss my future with you the main clause in that cleft sentence?
Is To discuss my future with you is the reason why I’ve c
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