If I transform a sentence in present perfect into it-cleft construction, for example,
He has inspired me.
which pair of tenses used in both matrix and subordinate clauses are correct? or neither.
- It was he who has inspired me.
- It has been he who has inspired me.
He has inspired me.
We can change it into a cleft sentence :
It is he who has inspired me.
NOT, It was he who has inspired me.
We cannot mix past and present tenses in matrix and content clauses.
If the sentence is :
He had inspired me
The cleft sentence should be :
It was he who had inspired me.
