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Michelle Cha Posted 12 years ago
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Is 'what" a compound relative in this sentence?

"I made what you want"

Is 'what' a compound relative or a relative pronoun in this sentence?
  

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org/wiki/English_relative_clauses , it would be a compound relative pronoun (standing for the "the thing which").

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  • org/wiki/English_relative_clauses , it would be a compound relative pronoun (standing for the "the thing which").
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According to the definition at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_relative_clauses, it would be a compound relative pronoun (standing for the "the thing which").
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Michelle ChaIs 'what' a compound relative
Yes. Also called "a fused relative".

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