cleft sentence
noun/ˌkleft ˈsentəns/
/ˌkleft ˈsentəns/
(grammar)- a sentence that begins with ‘it’ or ‘that’ and has a following clause, for example, ‘it is you that I love’, or ‘that is my mother you’re criticizing’
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