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Anonymous  +  772192 Tue, 09 Jun 09 09:59 AM
How would you describe this utterance grammatically?

 

"Where he went wrong was in not trusting her."
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CalifJim  +  773421 Wed, 10 Jun 09 02:01 AM
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“"Where he went wrong was in not trusting her."”


It's a pseudo-cleft with where.


Compare with a more typical pseudo-cleft with what:

What went wrong was that ropes got tangled.


CJ
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