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Healer Posted 6 years ago
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What is it that? Who is it that?

What is the difference between the following? Thanks!

  • What is it that you like? What do you like?
  • Who is it he refers to? Who does he refer to?
  

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Semantically there is no difference. Syntactically, the first in each pair is a cleft version of the second. CJ

  • Semantically there is no difference.
  • Syntactically, the first in each pair is a cleft version of the second.
  • CJ
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Semantically there is no difference.

Syntactically, the first in each pair is a cleft version of the second.

CJ

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