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=== Reversed wh-cleft/Inverted pseudo-cleft === In English, an inverted pseudo-cleft consists of the identical structure to pseudoclefting, however, the two strings around the verb ''be'' are inverted.<ref name="Sportiche"/> The focus element has been brought to the front of the sentence, and the clause is sentence final.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Akmajian |first=Adrian |date=1970 |title=On Deriving Cleft Sentences from Pseudo-Cleft Sentences |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4177550 |journal=Linguistic Inquiry |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=149β168 |jstor=4177550 |issn=0024-3892}}</ref> * '''English reversed wh-cleft/inverted pseudo-cleft:''' # ''A Fiat is what he wanted to buy.''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Irgin |first1=Pelin |title=A Difficulty Analysis of Cleft Sentences |journal=International Online Journal of Education & Teaching |date=Oct 2013 |volume=1 |issue=1 |url=https://www.iojet.org/index.php/IOJET/article/view/10 |access-date=April 20, 2022}}</ref> # ''Alice was who John was talking to.''<ref name="Sportiche" />
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