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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Cleft sentense

I am interested to learn which sentenses are called cleft sentenses.I've never heard that before.May be this is another name for something known under different name
  

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A cleft sentence is one where the original clause is divided into two clauses: (1) Paco gave Carmen a grammar book yesterday in school. (2) It was Paco /who gave Carmen a grammar book yesterday in school. (3) It was Carmen /that(who) Paco gave a grammar book yesterday in school.

— Paco2004

  • A cleft sentence is one where the original clause is divided into two clauses: (1) Paco gave Carmen a grammar book yesterday in school.
  • (2) It was Paco /who gave Carmen a grammar book yesterday in school.
  • (3) It was Carmen /that(who) Paco gave a grammar book yesterday in school.
  • (4) It was a grammar book /that Paco gave Carmen yesterday in school.
  • (5) It was yesterday /that(when) Paco gave Carmen a grammar book in school.
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A cleft sentence is one where the original clause is divided into two clauses:

(1) Paco gave Carmen a grammar book yesterday in school.

(2) It was Paco /who gave Carmen a grammar book yesterday in school.
(3) It was Carmen /that(who) Paco gave a grammar book yesterday in school.
(4) It was a grammar book /that Paco gave Carmen yesterday in school.
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Paco gaves??? Emotion: embarrassed

"in school" or "at school" would have been more idiomatic!
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CJ

Thank you a lot. I corrected the mistakes just now.

paco
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