Learn Spanish (Latin America): Fue en la redacción donde aclararon el malentendido. - It was in the newsroom where they clarified the misunderstanding.

Fue en la redacción donde aclararon el malentendido.

It was in the newsroom where they clarified the misunderstanding.

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Questions & Answers about Fue en la redacción donde aclararon el malentendido.

Why do we use donde here instead of que?

In cleft sentences that emphasize a place, you can use either donde or que. Using donde emphasizes the location, but saying Fue en la redacción que aclararon el malentendido is also completely correct and very common in Latin America.

Why is it Fue instead of Era?

In cleft sentences, the tense of the verb ser (to be) usually matches the tense of the main action. Since the clarifying is a completed past action (aclararon is in the preterite), the verb ser also takes the preterite form Fue.

Does redacción mean 'redaction' or 'editing'?

It can mean the act of writing, but in this sentence, la redacción refers to the physical place where writers and journalists work: the 'newsroom' or 'editorial office'.

Who is doing the clarifying in aclararon?

The verb aclararon is in the 'they' form. This could refer to a specific group of people like the editors, but Spanish also uses this 'they' form to express a general, unspecified group or a passive idea, much like saying 'the misunderstanding was clarified'.