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Zuotengdazuo Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence wrong?

It is not necessarily these small languages that are about to disappear.

I think it should be "It is not necessarily that these small languages are about to disappear"

Do you think it is wrong? If not, how do you parse the original sentence?

Thank you.

  

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zuotengdazuo It is not necessarily these small languages that are about to disappear. Correct. This is a cleft sentence.

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  • zuotengdazuo It is not necessarily these small languages that are about to disappear.
  • Correct.
  • This is a cleft sentence.
  • It is ...
  • that ....
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zuotengdazuoIt is not necessarily these small languages that are about to disappear.

Correct. This is a cleft sentence.

It is ... that ....

This sentence (in the quote box above) comes from making a cleft sentence out of this original:

These small languages are not necessarily about to disappear.

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