The result is that the answer is always going to be phrased in the singular ("It is. ?") is pretty much always phrased in the singular*, even if the speaker is well aware that the answer might be multiple things. This is one of those idiomatic things in English. What is it (that makes this tournament special)? The reason "it" is used in that context instead of "they" is because the sentence is actually the answer to the (implied) question: That sentence is actually not correct, but it isn't because of the choice of "it". It wasn't until we arrived at the hotel that (or when) we met her. We didn't meet her until we arrived at the hotel. That is to say, it has its dependent clause in front of the main clause. It was from John that she heard the news.įurthermore, one might also describe a cleft sentence as inverted.
The focus is on X, or else on the subordinate clause or some element of it. Where it is a cleft pronoun and X is usually a noun phrase (although it can also be a prepositional phrase, and in some cases an adjectival or adverbial phrase). It + conjugated form of to be + X + subordinate clause In English, a cleft sentence can be constructed as follows: → The location makes the tournament special. It is the location that makes the tournament special. → The locations make the tournament special. It is the locations that make the tournament special. This is an example of a cleft sentence it is not the subject. The use of it as the first word in the sentence is a red herring. The subject is locations, which is plural and which is in accord with the verb. There is nothing wrong with the sentence.
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