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Naylorm Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Exclamatory
In the sentence "What a mess it is!" what role does 'what' play?
Is it auxiliary or adverbial or an object of some kind?
You could write this as "it is a mess" to put it into active voice, and the only similar thing i can think of would be "It's a mess, eh?" (which isn't really a question).
Is it auxiliary or adverbial or an object of some kind?
You could write this as "it is a mess" to put it into active voice, and the only similar thing i can think of would be "It's a mess, eh?" (which isn't really a question).
Top answer
Hi, I don't know what it's really called, but I find it as a rhetorical question. The "what" stresses the mess and the astonishing, as "it is a mess" sounds a bit boring. Oh, you had better wait for a better answer.
- Hi, I don't know what it's really called, but I find it as a rhetorical question.
- The "what" stresses the mess and the astonishing, as "it is a mess" sounds a bit boring.
- Oh, you had better wait for a better answer.
- GF
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Hi,
I don't know what it's really called, but I find it as a rhetorical question. The "what" stresses the mess and the astonishing, as "it is a mess" sounds a bit boring.
Oh, you had better wait for a better answer.
GF
I don't know what it's really called, but I find it as a rhetorical question. The "what" stresses the mess and the astonishing, as "it is a mess" sounds a bit boring.
Oh, you had better wait for a better answer.
GF
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