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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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It is~when~

Archaeologists have divided the culture into five phases, corresponding with the late stage of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longshan_culture, the early, middle and late stages of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlitou_culture and the early stage of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erligang_culture. The early phase of the culture was influenced by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longshan_culture, while the middle phases were influenced by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qijia_culture; it was during this time frame when bronze artefacts begin to appear in the material culture. At this point Zhukaigou people were agriculturalists, with millet as a main staple, they also had sheep, pigs, and cattle.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhukaigou_culture#cite_note-5

I'd like to know if the underlined sentence is the variation of the emphatic expression "it is~that~."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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" You mean like "It's the education system that's the problem", say? No, I wouldn't call it a "variation". I suppose there is some similarity in structure, but I don't think there is any need to think of one in terms of the other.

  • " You mean like "It's the education system that's the problem", say?
  • No, I wouldn't call it a "variation".
  • I suppose there is some similarity in structure, but I don't think there is any need to think of one in terms of the other.
  • In the sentence you quote, I would prefer to use "that" instead of "when".
  • Also "was ...
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park sang joonthe emphatic expression "it is~that~."
You mean like "It's the education system that's the problem", say?

No, I wouldn't call it a "variation". I suppose there is some similarity in structure, but I don't think there is any need to think of one in terms of the other.

In the sentence you quote, I would prefer to use "that" instea

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