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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The emphatic expression "it is~that~"

1. But it's not just dining room walls set to topple.

I think #1 is the emphatic expression "it is~that~" so that "was" should have been before "set."
? "But it's not just dining room walls (which/ that) was set to topple."
If so, I'd like to know why "was" is missing.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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The full version would be: But it's not just dining room walls that are set to topple. As to why it was written that way, I don't know. Newspapers have to make stories fit a certain space, so may need to cut words where they can.

— GPY

  • The full version would be: But it's not just dining room walls that are set to topple.
  • As to why it was written that way, I don't know.
  • Newspapers have to make stories fit a certain space, so may need to cut words where they can.
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The full version would be: But it's not just dining room walls that are set to topple.

As to why it was written that way, I don't know. Newspapers have to make stories fit a certain space, so may need to cut words where they can.
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GPYwhere they can
I mean where they legitimately can, obviously. You can't just go through an article removing any words at random.
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park sang joon. But it's not just dining room walls set to topple.
I'd like to see a little more of the context.
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I'd really like the student to make the effort to supply that.
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