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Stenka25 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
That’s all that I am vs that’s all what I am
I came across the sentence below from a test paragraph.
At first sight, it seems that the underlined what is awkward.
What is a relative pronoun with an antecedent in itself, but in this sentence an antecedent "all" is preceeding "what."
So I think "that" is better than "what."
What do you think?
“I am what I am and that’s all what I am,” the cartoon character Popeye used to say.
P.S. I did googling on the Google Books. The sentence with 'that' has 289 websites, and with 'what' has 27.
At first sight, it seems that the underlined what is awkward.
What is a relative pronoun with an antecedent in itself, but in this sentence an antecedent "all" is preceeding "what."
So I think "that" is better than "what."
What do you think?
“I am what I am and that’s all what I am,” the cartoon character Popeye used to say.
P.S. I did googling on the Google Books. The sentence with 'that' has 289 websites, and with 'what' has 27.
Top answer
All what is wrong in the sentence. CB
- All what is wrong in the sentence.
- CB
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Popeye is an ignorant, weatherbeaten, pugnacious, but essentially good-hearted, sailor. His speech is never grammatical. He says things like "I eats me spinach" for "I eat my spinch." Don't listen to him. That said and by the way, many people don't realize he is paraphrasing Jehova in your quotation.
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