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Liveinjapan Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Correct use of cleft sentences

It is the company that has been hired to perform the duty of professional movers.

I found it on the net; I think it is correct, right?
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Liveinjapan I found it on the net; I think it is correct, right? It's correct, but it's not a cleft sentence. It just has the same form as a cleft sentence.

— CalifJim

  • Liveinjapan I found it on the net; I think it is correct, right?
  • It's correct, but it's not a cleft sentence.
  • It just has the same form as a cleft sentence.
  • Sorry.
  • No cigar!
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LiveinjapanI found it on the net; I think it is correct, right?
It's correct, but it's not a cleft sentence. It just has the same form as a cleft sentence. Sorry. No cigar!
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CalifJimIt's correct, but it's not a cleft sentence. It just has the same form as a cleft sentence.

It occurred to me that, depending on the emphasis, this sentence could be used in two slightly different ways:

A: Who's XYZ Ltd?

B: It is the company that has been hired to perform the duty of professional movers.

A: Why do I n
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Mr WordyIs the second example not a cleft sentence?
It is! It is! (I'm assuming you're reading it as It is the company (not the person Mr Smith) that has been ...)

The fact is, it takes way too much contextualization to make the sentence be a cleft sentence, so my impulse was to avoid the complications of explaining something that the o
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CalifJim(I'm assuming you're reading it as It is the company (not the person Mr Smith) that has been ...)

Correct.
CalifJimmy impulse was to avoid the complications of explaining something that the original poster was probably not even thinking of or interested in.
Right. Sorry if I complicated thin
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Great! Thanks so much, CJ and Mr W.

(I was thinking of what you are saying in this threadEmotion: smile)
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