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Consider the following sentence: “It was John who suggested...

Consider the following sentence:


“It was John who suggested changing the curriculum.”


Which option BEST explains the function of the cleft construction in terms of word order and focus?


A

It places the new information at the end of the sentence to comply with end-focus principles.


B

It uses inversion to emphasize the verb phrase rather than the subject.


C

It changes the thematic structure from topic–comment to comment–topic.


D

It highlights John as the focused constituent by splitting the sentence into two clauses.


E

It removes the subject from its canonical position to avoid ambiguity with the verb.