10.27 other kinds of focus

In a cleft sentence, you usually focus on a noun group. However, you can focus on other clause elements or even on a whole clause. You then use a relative clause beginning with 'that'.

You can make an adjunct the focus of a cleft sentence. For example, you can focus on a prepositional phrase or an adverb of time or place in order to stress the circumstances of an event.

You can also focus on a non-finite clause, if you are stressing an action.

You can focus on a clause beginning with 'because' to stress the reason for something.