"It's clear that this is a good sale."
Translation:C'est clair que c'est une bonne promotion.
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Could anyone please explain me why it isn't possible here to say "il est claire que..."?. Is there a rule about or is it just a matter of habit"? thank you
"Il est clair", just like "c'est clair" needs an adjective in the masculine.
"C'est clair que..." is not proper French but in everyday conversations, it is what you would often hear.
Sitesurf, could you please expand on this? Maybe an escape. Where would the masculine adjective go?
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I understand that Sitesurf was referring to "clair". "Il est clair que..." Never "claire" in unpersonnal sentences.
No, it's not because "est" has 2 subjects: "c'" and "c'est une bonne promotion".
"C'" is not like "it" but like "this"; would you say "This is clear that it's a good sale"?
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It does not sound right to me in English but "That is clear (that) ..." sounds pretty normal. Why do you think the French use "This is clear..." structure?
"Cette" is an adjective you can place before a noun, not before a verb.
Before "est", you can use "ceci, cela" or "c'".
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Isn't it possible to translate this sentence as "C'est clair que c'est une bonne ventre." ?