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Fraserpan Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Need a little help on grammar...

"Today what little fossil ivory remains comes from Alaska."

Is "remains" above a noun or a verb?
What does "what little" mean here?

Thanks in advance.
  

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this sentece is confusing indeed. This is my interpretation: remains is a noun. The remains of animals...

— Peet

  • this sentece is confusing indeed.
  • This is my interpretation: remains is a noun.
  • The remains of animals...
  • what little = some then I think 'comes' should be 'come' but i'm not sure
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this sentece is confusing indeed. This is my interpretation:

remains is a noun. The remains of animals...
what little = some

then I think 'comes' should be 'come'

but i'm not sure
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No, bad luck! Emotion: wink

"Remains", here, is a verb. It's the ivory that remains.

"What little ivory remains..." simply mea
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;(

I see now.
a comma after 'remains' would be nice
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That sentence is from my English test paper, and tests are never nice to me :-p
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