Fronting

Fronting is rephrasing sentences by moving the object, verb, adjetive or adverb to the front of the sentences. This is informal English, but it gives more emphasis.

Intelligent she may be, but kind she isn´t it!

We sometimes add What or another question word. Such as:

The fact that my friend just can´t see it really irritates me...

> What really irritate me is the fact that my friend just can´t see it...

I´ll never understand why you went there.

> Why you went there, I´ll never understand

We can use fronting to emphazise the subject or sometimes to provide a clear link with the previous sentences. For example:

Her first book was bad. Much better was her second.

She told us to go quickly. This we did.

  


We  can front verbs and adjetives with as and though.

Tired though I was, I didn´t stop running.

Also we can use fronting phrases, for example: the trouble is, the fact of the matter and the fact remains that. It help us to emphazise the importance of what we are going to say. 

The trouble is, she´s so lazy.

The thing is, I really wanted the job.

The question is, can we get her to join us?

The fact of the matter is, you´re not strong enough.

The fact remains that we still have no evidence.