"the reduced relative clause" in cleft sentence
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Imagining how a stranger might act makes it possible for you to think of more radical and imaginative ideas than you might be used to, simply because it's not you acting them out, but someone else you're watching.
*source: https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=YHjtDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT11&lpg=PT11&dq=%22Imagining+how+a+stranger+might+act+makes+it+possible+for+you+to+think%22&source=bl&ots=zOGj9IhzEY&sig=ACfU3U1okpeQSvNr4iK3T3zPuIV-jD2esw&hl=ko&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKg_G50YTxAhXTPXAKHcD_CP8Q6AEwC3oECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Imagining%20how%20a%20stranger%20might%20act%20makes%20it%20possible%20for%20you%20to%20think%22&f=false
In above sentence while I think the underlined part is the cleft sentence with "the reduced relative clause plus not [A] but " construction, my problem is whether this kind of abbreviation from the original "that(who) act them out" is informally possble or not.
So far, I haven't seen any explanation for this matter in the well-known grammar books.
Would hope to hear your valuable opinions.
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deepcosmos it's not you acting them out, but someone else you're watching. Analysis: It is not you who are acting them out, [Cleft sentence 1, from You are not acting them out. ] but it is someone else who you're watching who is acting them out .
- deepcosmos it's not you acting them out, but someone else you're watching.
- Analysis: It is not you who are acting them out, [Cleft sentence 1, from You are not acting them out.
- ] but it is someone else who you're watching who is acting them out .
- [Cleft sentence 2, from Someone else ...
- is acting them out.
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deepcosmosit's not you acting them out, but someone else you're watching.
Analysis:
It is not you who are acting them out,
[Cleft sentence 1, from You are not acting them out.]
but
it is someone else who
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