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Yellowstarstruck Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Grammar Classification
What would the below be described grammatically? Is it called relative pronoun? Thanks, Fulvio.
1. Do you know what food this is?
1. Do you know what food this is?
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I don't think any grammarian would call it a relative pronoun as it doesn't begin a relative clause. In Scandinavian grammar it is simply an interrogative pronoun, which in this particular example begins an indirect question, though. Anglo-Saxon grammarians probably call it something else because it is followed by a noun.
- I don't think any grammarian would call it a relative pronoun as it doesn't begin a relative clause.
- In Scandinavian grammar it is simply an interrogative pronoun, which in this particular example begins an indirect question, though.
- Anglo-Saxon grammarians probably call it something else because it is followed by a noun.
- Perhaps we'll get a native speaker's opinion if we wait a little.
- CB
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I don't think any grammarian would call it a relative pronoun as it doesn't begin a relative clause. In Scandinavian grammar it is simply an interrogative pronoun, which in this particular example begins an indirect question, though. Anglo-Saxon grammarians probably call it something else because it is followed by a noun. Perhaps we'll get a native speaker's opinion if we wait a little.
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yellowstarstruck. Do you know what food this is?'What' is an interrogative adjective modifying 'food'.
Here, it is an interrogative pronoun: Do you know what this is?
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