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Complete the exhausted secret agent's dramatic resignation speech. Select ALL the sentences that correctly and grammatically express their ultimate desire.
The correct answers are All I ever wanted was to retire to a quiet island. and What I have always wanted is to retire to a quiet island.
These are examples of pseudo-cleft sentences used for strong emphasis. You can use What or All (meaning "the only thing") to introduce the subject clause.
"All what" and "the thing what" are classic grammatical errors; what already means "the thing that," so combining them is redundant. Finally, the subject clause "What I want" is treated as singular, so it requires the singular verb is, not are.