correct the following sentence

It is often claimed that the bureaucrats leave the flood victims high and dry immediately after the government officials go away.

AlpheccaStarsIt is often claimed that the bureaucrats leave the flood victims high and dry immediately after the government officials go away.

besides this post, I am curious as to why many posts in the forum use the " it is often + past participle " structure to start a sentence. I find it very clumsy and awkward. It is me?

But it's a pun -- it's a flood, so the victims are left high and wet instead of high and dry.

khoffhigh and dry.

"High and dry" is the idiom. A pun (high and wet) on an idiom might be a little obscure for a learner...

Anonymousbesides this post, I am curious as to why many posts in the forum use the " it is often + past participle " structure to start a sentence. I find it very clumsy and awkward. It is me?

It is a type of cleft sentence construction. Using the "anticipatory it" serves to emphasize certain parts of the sentence, in this case, the "claim."