Sentence construction

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"What I find is quite interesting." In that sentence, why the main verb "find" is after the linking verb "is"?  I get confuse with the sentence construction.

CSnyder · Accepted Answer

The more conventional construction of that phrase would be "What I find quite interesting is..."

The construction you list has the unfortunate side effect of requiring more than one use of is: "What I find is quite interesting is..."

Clive · Answer

Hi,

"What I find is quite interesting." In that sentence, why the main verb "find" is after the linking verb "is"? I get confuse with the sentence construction.In your sentence, 'find' is before 'is', not after 'is'.

Here's how to parse the sentence.

(What I find) is quite interesting.

'What I find' is a subordinate clause, functioning as a noun. It's commonly called 'a noun clause'.

The underlying idea is that something is quite interesting.

something can be

eg a noun The movie is quite interesting.

eg a noun clause What I find is quite interesting.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

Hi there Clive,

Thanks for a great help. I think I deeply understood that sentence. Thank you again! [Y]

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