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Question by Domyoji: Oh. I’m so confused. One sentence is new to me. Please help me.?
Hello. I’m a foreigner. The local time here is 4:00 in the afternoon.
While studying English, I found something strange/new.
As long as you answer me, I hope you are a native. But I will welcome whoever you are if you know English well enough. My questions are as follows.
What people want to buy it is not just great products or services, but what helps solve their problems and what makes them satisfied.
This sentence is unfamiliar to me. I can seem to understand the meaning of it a little.
But there are (too) many things that are giving me a headache.
What people want to buy it is not just great products or services, but what helps solve their problems and what makes them satisfied.
Q 1
First,. Is the pattern of “not just A but(also) B ” used, such as ” He plays not only tennis but also golf.” ? ( I know A and B are even.)
If so, are C( ” great products or services”) and D(” what helps solve their problems and what makes them satisfied “) equal? These two parts, C and D, don’t seem to be equal to me.
Q 2
Is it right that the object of “buy” is ” great products or services”, “what helps solve their problems” and ” what makes them satisfied” ?
Q 3
Why does “it is” appear (suddenly)? The part(“it is”) is driving me insane.
Perhaps, are there any inversion in the original sentence?
( If “it” is omitted, I could understand the sentence.)
I confused about which is the subject in the original sentence.
In the end, I would like to know the structure of the original sentence. My head is spinning.
Really, I will appreciate your help.
Best answer:
Answer by Allan
you think too hard.. try to relax 
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it should appear:
“What people want to buy. It is not just great products or services, but what helps solve their problems and what makes them satisfied.”
Q1
yes and yes
Q2
yes
Q3
it appears because it should be a new sentence
you cannot omit it
IT refers to “what people want to buy”
Basically, the original structure of the passage is like this.
People want to buy [x]
What is [x]?
[x] is “what helps solve their problems” and “makes them feel satisfied”
[x] is not just a product or service
If you re-arrange the sentence it may make a little more sense.
What people want to buy is what helps solve their problems and what makes them satisfied, it is not just great products or services.
hope that helps
Hello, I am in the US and it is after 3 a.m. in the morning. I am not sure where you got that sentence, but it is not one that I would ever use. If you start a sentence off making a declaration you should end that sentence and start another one. When you start a sentence with “What people want to buy” the next word would not be it. It would be is. This is still a bad way to start a sentence. It would be better to say this:
People want to buy products and services to satisfy their needs and solve their problems.
That should make a whole more sense.