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Literature is one of the core curricula in the teaching of the English language in the Algerian universities. It is proved to be one of the most important arts what gives it a privileged position which necessarily requires special pedagogical and didactic treatment.
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It has proved to be one of the most important arts, what which gives it a privileged position which necessarily requires special pedagogical and didactic treatment. It is ungrammatical. "What" is not ordinarily allowed in relative clauses in Standard English.
- It has proved to be one of the most important arts, what which gives it a privileged position which necessarily requires special pedagogical and didactic treatment.
- It is ungrammatical.
- "What" is not ordinarily allowed in relative clauses in Standard English.
- Just replace it with the relative pronoun "which" (and a comma after "arts") and all will be fine.
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It has proved to be one of the most important arts, what which gives it a privileged position which necessarily requires special pedagogical and didactic treatment.
It is ungrammatical. "What" is not ordinarily allowed in relative clauses in Standard English.
Just replace it with the relative pronoun "which" (and a comma
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