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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Pseudo cleft

1. "What might happen is that he might leave the organisation."
2. "What will happen is that he will leave the organisation."
Are these pseudo cleft sentences grammatical ?
  

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Debpriya De 1. "2. "Are these pseudo cleft sentences grammatical ?

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  • Debpriya De 1.
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  • "Are these pseudo cleft sentences grammatical ?
  • Both sound fine to be (British English native speaker).
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Debpriya De1. "What might happen is that he might leave the organisation."2. "What will happen is that he will leave the organisation."Are these pseudo cleft sentences grammatical ?

Both sound fine to be (British English native speaker).
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Both sound fine to ME.
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Debpriya DeAre these pseudo cleft sentences grammatical ?
They are.

CJ
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"What might happen is that he might leave the organisation."
Doesn't the use of "might" twice seem redundant ?
Can't we write it as "What might happen is that he will leave the organisaton". ?
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Debpriya De"What might happen is that he might leave the organisation."
Doesn't the use of "might" twice seem redundant ?
Not in this kind of structure. Here is sounds more like an attempt to keep the structure parallel, which is regarded as a good thing.
Debpriya DeCan't we write it as "What might happen is that he will leave the
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