What is it we're going to do about...
"Above all this rhetoric here, again we’re losing sight of what is it we’re going to do about the threat posed by the Russians." (The Guardian.)
Is the complement it we’re going to do about the threat posed by the Russians a noun phrase in the clause what is it we’re going to do about the threat posed by the Russians?
Is the object of the preposition "of" what is it we’re going to do about the threat posed by the Russians an indirect question in the sentece cited above?
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The phrasing of the sentence feels loose. I wouldn't say that the sentence is well-formed according to the rules of formal English. " is the question that we are losing sight of.
- The phrasing of the sentence feels loose.
- I wouldn't say that the sentence is well-formed according to the rules of formal English.
- " is the question that we are losing sight of.
- "it (that) we’re going to do about the threat posed by the Russians" is not a phrase, as I perceive it.
- I perceive "(that) we’re going to do about the threat posed by the Russians" as explaining, or subordinate to, "what is it".
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The phrasing of the sentence feels loose. I wouldn't say that the sentence is well-formed according to the rules of formal English.
"What is it (that) we’re going to do about the threat posed by the Russians?" is the question that we are losing sight of.
"it (that) we’re going to do about the threat posed by the Russians" is not a phrase, as I perceive it. I perceive "(that) we’re
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