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Gu-Hoon Kwon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

I think the underlined what is a verb. What do you think?

What others thought of me didn't matter.

I think the underlined What is an adverb. If not, what else?
  

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Here "what" seems to be an adjective. " The words in parentheses are omitted for brevity and are understood from the context. So here "what" modifies "things" adjectivally.

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  • Here "what" seems to be an adjective.
  • " The words in parentheses are omitted for brevity and are understood from the context.
  • So here "what" modifies "things" adjectivally.
  • "Things" is the (implied) subject - modified by the adjective "what" and the adjectival phrase "that others thought of me".
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Here "what" seems to be an adjective. The given sentence might be conjectured as elliptical, the full sentence being something like: "What (things that) others thought of me didn't matter." The words in parentheses are omitted for brevity and are understood from the context. So here "what" modifies "things" adjectivally. "Things" is the (implied) subject - modified by the adjective "what" and
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