I gathered what apples I could, ...
Hi, I have question about 'what'.
Here is a sentence from "My side of the Mountain"
"I gathered what apples I could, cut some in slices and dried them on the boulder in the sun"
I don't understand the usage of "what" here. It looks like an adjective, but never saw this type of sentence.
Can anyone help me please?
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fort lee I don't understand the usage of "what" here. It might help to think of it as "whatever little". It means that they gathered the few apples that were available.
- fort lee I don't understand the usage of "what" here.
- It might help to think of it as "whatever little".
- It means that they gathered the few apples that were available.
- com/dictionary/what (adjective) I find the grammar of it mysterious, myself.
- I am not so sure it's an adjective.
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fort leeI don't understand the usage of "what" here.
It might help to think of it as "whatever little". It means that they gathered the few apples that were available.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/what (adjective)
I find the grammar of it m
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"What" can be used as a determiner in literary contexts.
Here it is used in place of "the" to indicate that there were many apples she could not reach, or they were too small, or perhaps wormy or rotten.
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