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ESLBeginner Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
How to understand this sentence
Hi guys, I'm confused about following sentence:
"it looks like we have a timeline for whatever it is our enemies are planning"
Why did the author use "it is" after the word "whatever"? can't I just say "... a timeline for whatever our enemies are planning"?
"it looks like we have a timeline for whatever it is our enemies are planning"
Why did the author use "it is" after the word "whatever"? can't I just say "... a timeline for whatever our enemies are planning"?
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ESLBeginner Why did the author use " it is " after the word "whatever"? can't I just say "... a timeline for whatever our enemies are planning"?
- ESLBeginner Why did the author use " it is " after the word "whatever"?
- can't I just say "...
- a timeline for whatever our enemies are planning"?
- To my reading "it is" is used for emphasis.
- You can omit "it is" without changing the meaning of the statement.
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ESLBeginnerWhy did the author use "it is" after the word "whatever"? can't I just say "... a timeline for whatever our enemies are planning"?To my reading "it is" is used for emphasis. You can omit "it is" without changing the meaning of the statement.
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