Sentence structure
55 Shifting focus
C1structure
In short
Mettere in evidenza una parte della frase, nello scritto e nel parlato curato.
It was X who / that… · What I need is… · inversione dopo un negativo: Never have I…, Not only did she… · nei condizionali: Had I known…
- It was Marco who broke the window.
- What I need is a holiday.
- Never have I seen such a mess. — Had I known, I would have told you.
Watch out: Dopo il negativo iniziale serve l'ausiliare, come in una domanda: Never I have seen ✗ · Rarely he complains ✗ → Rarely does he complain
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- 55.1Cleft sentences with "it"
- 55.2Cleft sentences with "what"
- 55.3Fronting
- 55.4Inversion after negatives
- 55.5Inversion in conditionals