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tuvaletCould you explain the usage of "In what has become" please

That group of words is not any kind of idiom or common combination. It means almost nothing to me. No sentence easily comes to mind in which that grouping can even be used. There must be more to it than that. What's the rest?

CJ

1. I have read it on newspaper
2. Politicians, dignitaries and victims' relatives are gathering in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed in al Qaeda's attack on the United States 13 years ago on Sept. 11.
3. In what has become an annual ritual, the names of the victims will be read aloud at a ceremony in lower Manhattan, punctuated by

tuvaletIn what has become an annual ritual

"In an annual ritual" can be elaborated upon in various ways:

In what is now an annual ritual
In what is called an annual ritual
In what seems to be an annual ritual
In what is known as an annual ritual
In what has become an annual ritual

In these ki

I am realy sory to say that but i still dont get it.
What is "something that"
and why do we use "in" there
Thank you

tuvaletwhy do we use "in" there

It doesn't have to be "in". "in" just happens to go with "ritual": "in a ritual".

tuvaletWhat is "something that"

"a thing which" It connects in meaning to what follows.

what I told you ~ something that I told you ~ a thing that I told you
what you saw ~ something that you saw

Thank you very much for your answer and your patient