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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Where he went wrong

How would you describe this utterance grammatically?

"Where he went wrong was in not trusting her."
  

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" It's a pseudo-cleft with where . Compare with a more typical pseudo-cleft with what : What went wrong was that ropes got tangled. CJ

— CalifJim

  • " It's a pseudo-cleft with where .
  • Compare with a more typical pseudo-cleft with what : What went wrong was that ropes got tangled.
  • CJ
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Anonymous"Where he went wrong was in not trusting her."
It's a pseudo-cleft with where.

Compare with a more typical pseudo-cleft with what:
What went wrong was that ropes got tangled.

CJ
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