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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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What she did yesterday was wrong.
Is "What she did" an independent relative clause?
Is "What she did" an independent relative clause?
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It is not an independent clause. It is functioning as a noun phrase.
- It is not an independent clause.
- It is functioning as a noun phrase.
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It is not an independent clause.
It is functioning as a noun phrase.
It is functioning as a noun phrase.
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Anonymousan independent relative clauseAll relative clauses are dependent, so there is no such thing as an independent relative clause.
"What she did" is a fused relative construction. "what" is a fusion of "the thing" with "that", or, if you wish, the fusion of "that" with "which".
what she did ~ the thing that she did ~ that which she did
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