GRAMMAR

ADDING EMPHASIS

a. Base sentence:
I hate the waste of human life in battle.


Prefix

Complement

The thing

What

I hate about battle is the waste of human life

It´s the waste of human life that I hate — That (pronoun) (verb)

b. Base sentence:
Education changed people's lives forever.


Prefix

Complement

The thing

What

Something

education did was change people's lives forever.

More complex examples:

- What Lucy did was move to Peru.
What= the thing which /that

- All (that) Mary did was move to Peru.
All= the only thing

- The (only/first) thing Mary did was move to Peru.

- Where Mary moved to was Peru.
Where= the place which/that

- Why Mary moved to was Peru because she wanted to live in Cusco.
Why= the reason for

- It was Mary who/that moved to Peru.
Who= the person who/that