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Complete the dramatic CEO's speech to the board of directors.
"Let us get one thing straight. _________________________ is I who _________________________ ultimately responsible for the company's success, and it is you who _________________________ repeatedly doubted my vision!"
The correct answers are It, am, and have.
Cleft sentences must always begin with the dummy pronoun it, regardless of whether the emphasized noun is singular or plural.
In formal English, when the emphasized part is a subject pronoun ("I", "you"), the verb in the relative clause must agree with that specific pronoun. Therefore, the relative pronoun "who" takes am to agree with "I", and have to agree with "you".