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Amir Oghlow Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Relatives

What he did yesterday was terrible.
Is "what he did yesterday" a fused relative?
  

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Is "what he did yesterday" a fused relative? "what" is the fused relative. "what he did yesterday" is a fused relative clause (or construction).

— CalifJim

  • Is "what he did yesterday" a fused relative?
  • "what" is the fused relative.
  • "what he did yesterday" is a fused relative clause (or construction).
  • CJ
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Amir OghlowWhat he did yesterday was terrible.Is "what he did yesterday" a fused relative?
"what" is the fused relative.
"what he did yesterday" is a fused relative clause (or construction).

CJ
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I really like what he did.
Is "what he did" a fused relative or a noun clause?
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Amir OghlowIs "what he did" a fused relative (clause) or a noun clause?
Both. In traditional grammar it's a noun clause or noun phrase.
In modern grammar it's a fused relative construction, and definitely not a noun phrase.

So it depends what method of grammatical analysis you are using. From the fact that you
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