I cannot figure out whether the sentence "It is the small house that we can replace with a big one" is a relative clause or an emphatic sentence.
"It is the small house that we can replace with a big one.
He said it is an emphatic sentence. But i think it can also be a relative clause in some context.
I don't know what your teacher understands by 'emphatic sentence'.
That link doesn't work for me, tzfujimino.
I cannot figure out whether the sentence "It is the small house that we can replace with a big one. " is a relative clause or an emphatic sentence.
I hope this one works:That link doesn't work for me, tzfujimino.
Nor me. It did, however, automatically download a .woff file (a format I wasn't familiar with). I immediately deleted it without opening it, as I always do with unknown/unexpected downloads. (emsr2d2)
It does, thanks.
Tzfujimino, in case the non-English words and characters in that quote are Japanese, could you translate that for us?3. it 作形式主语与强调句的区别:强调句的it be…. that 去掉之后,句子成分依完整
I'm afraid that's not written in Japanese - it's Chinese, Phaedrus.Tzfujimino, in case the non-English words and characters in that quote are Japanese, could you translate that for us?
At the following website, that is what is printed two lines above the very sentence that Alisa has asked about.
https://www.lewenku.com/l1723038.html
I'm afraid that's not written in Japanese - it's Chinese, Phaedrus.
According to Google Translate, it means "The difference between it as a formal subject and an emphatic sentence: the it be.... that of an emphatic sentence is removed, and the sentence components are intact."
The writer seems to be saying that these two sentences below are different in construction:
It is our hope that we can replace the small house with a big one. (The writer probably means the "it" in this sentence is a "formal subject", and I think he/she is trying to say that the "it" refers to the following that-clause.)
It is the small house that we can replace with a big one. (The writer probably means this one is an "emphatic sentence", which I believe he/she means is an "it-cleft" sentence.)
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