how | why | where + CLEFT CLAUSE

C2 point 14 in the category of FOCUS is defined as:

‘How’, ‘Why’, or ‘Where’ cleft clauses as subject, for focus.


*Note, HOW + CLAUSE is also C2 as an exclamation.

A search on iWeb for:

. How|Why|Where _P _V *

1 . WHERE I LIVE , 688
2 . WHY YOU ASK ? 544 (some are quasi questions)
3 . HOW IT WORKS IS 366

4 HOW YOU CHOOSE TO

289

How you choose to leave this world is up to you.

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5 . HOW I WISH I 285
6 . HOW YOU DO THIS 266
7 . WHERE I COME FROM 257
8 . WHERE IT IS NOT 231
9 . HOW IT WORKS : 202
10 . WHERE I LIVE IN 189
11 . HOW YOU DEAL WITH 180
12 . WHERE I GREW UP 160
13 . WHY YOU MAY ASK 144
14 . HOW YOU DO IT 139
15 . WHERE IT SAYS ” 134
16 . HOW YOU DO THAT 134
17 . HOW YOU DOING ? 124


18 . WHERE THEY DIFFER IS 117

  The Canberra Times
Lime Flamingo Collective’s OutsideIn/InsideOut at Belco Arts …

19 . HOW YOU ASK ? 116
20 . HOW WE DEAL WITH 112
21 . WHERE I WORK , 111
22 . HOW YOU GO ABOUT 105
23 . WHY THEY DID N’T 101

Why they didn’t just shave is not documented.

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24 . WHY THEY DO N’T 99
25 . HOW YOU RESPOND TO 97
26 . WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT 95
27 . WHERE WE LIVE , 95
28 . WHERE I USED TO 94
29 . WHERE I LIVE THE 93
30 . WHY YOU MIGHT ASK 90
31 . WHERE I ‘M FROM 89
32 . HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT 87
33 . HOW WE CHOOSE TO 85
34 . WHERE I LIVE NOW 85
35 . WHERE I LIVE WE 84
36 . WHERE IT IS NECESSARY 83
37 . WHY I DO N’T 82
38 . WHERE YOU CHOOSE TO 82
39 . WHERE YOU HAVE A 81
40 . HOW YOU REACT TO 77
41 . WHERE I AM , 77
42 . HOW YOU WANT TO 77
43 . WHERE WE USED TO 76
44 . HOW YOU DECIDE TO 76
45 . HOW WE RESPOND TO 75
46 . WHERE YOU LIVE , 74
47 . HOW YOU GON NA 74
48 . WHERE IT IS POSSIBLE 73
49 . WHY YOU WANT TO 73
50 . WHERE YOU WANT TO 72
51 . WHERE I LIVE IT 71
52 . HOW YOU USE IT 70
53 . WHERE I LIVE ( 69
54 . WHERE IT USED TO 67
55 . HOW I MET YOUR 64
56 . HOW YOU TREAT YOUR 61
57 . HOW YOU SPEND YOUR 60
58 . HOW THEY MANAGED TO 60
59 . HOW YOU USE THE 60
60 . WHY THEY DID NT 59
61 . WHERE YOU NEED TO 59
62 . WHERE I LIVE I 59
63 . WHERE YOU CAN FIND 58
64 . WHY YOU WOULD WANT 57
65 . WHY WE LOVE IT 54
66 . WHERE YOU SEE THE 54
67 . HOW YOU USE YOUR 54
68 . HOW HE MANAGED TO 54
69 . HOW WE DO THAT 53
70 . HOW I WOULD LOVE 53
71 . WHY I DID N’T 52
72 . HOW IT CAME TO 51

73 . HOW WE RANK AMAZON 51 (rank=C1 but a check on this phrase shows it is a question and multiple same entries.)

74 . WHERE YOU ARE IN 51
75 . WHERE THEY ARE NOT 50
76 . HOW WE USE YOUR 50
77 . HOW IT WORKS ? 49
78 . HOW HE CAME TO 49
79 . HOW YOU GET THERE 49
80 . HOW YOU PRESENT YOURSELF 49
81 . WHERE I LIVE IS 49
82 . WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE 48
83 . WHERE YOU CAN , 48
84 . WHERE WE ARE NOW 48
85 . WHERE I LIVE THERE 48
86 . HOW YOU HANDLE THE 48

B2 vocabulary:

differ, react, respond, treat

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