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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
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That was what was taking place.
That was what was taking place.
Is "what" a fused relative pronoun in the sentence above?
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That was what was taking place.
It's a close call, but I'd say it was a subordinate interrogative clause (embedded question), where the meaning is:
"That was the answer to the question 'What was taking place?'"
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