That clauses
When we use that clauses at the beginning of the sentence we can change it to another type of clauses and use it instead of it.
I.E:
That Mary likes her new job is clear.
It is clear that Mary likes her new job.
The fact that she didn’t recognize me was rather a shock.
It was rather a shock that she didn’t recognize me.
Would you please change this sentence to the same structure used above?
The fact that she didn’t understand English made it difficult for her to get a job.
Top answer
Abbas Rajabpour Would you please change this sentence to the same structure used above? Which structure are you referring to? That she didn’t recognize me was rather a shock.
- Abbas Rajabpour Would you please change this sentence to the same structure used above?
- Which structure are you referring to?
- That she didn’t recognize me was rather a shock.
- The fact that she didn’t recognize me was rather a shock.
- The first of these would be not usual in conversational English.
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Abbas RajabpourWould you please change this sentence to the same structure used above?
Which structure are you referring to?
That she didn’t recognize me was rather a shock.
The fact that she didn’t recognize me was rather a shock.
The first of these would be not usual in conversational English.
0Abbas RajabpourWould you please change this sentence to the same structure used above?
The fact that she didn’t understand English made it difficult for her to get a job.
If the expression doesn't take a that-clause as a complement, you can't use that structure with "It" at the beginning.
You can say "It is clear that ..." or "It was a shoc
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