C1Englishen.c1.019

Fronting: What... + subject + make up for / lack in

Structure:

What + subject + lacks in X, + subject + makes up for in Y

Fronting the wh-clause creates a balanced, rhetorical contrast.

Example:

What she lacks in experience, she makes up for in enthusiasm.

Examples

What she lacks in experience, she makes up for in enthusiasm.

Question 1 of 20 correct

Which grammar pattern does this sentence use? "What she lacks in experience, she makes up for in enthusiasm."

Absolute construction (nominative absolute)

Absolute construction: All things considered

Absolute construction: The matter having been settled

Advanced affixation: noun and adjective suffixes

Advanced affixation: productive prefixes