it-cleft

it-cleft (utbrytningssetning med it):for a general description, see clefting. An it-cleft can be used to focus on any nominal clause element of a non-cleft sentence (usually subject or object), or on an adjunct adverbial. E.g. It was the professor that mislaid his glasses. It was his glasses that the professor mislaid. It was dark green that we painted the kitchen. It is to Wales that they are going.