Uses of what
I read the following excerpts on Rediff.com:
You are telling people what they should watch and what they should not.
What is the grammatical form, meaning and function of "what" here?
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Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical form, meaning and function of "what" here? It is a complementizer in modern grammars; a conjunction in traditional grammar.
- Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical form, meaning and function of "what" here?
- It is a complementizer in modern grammars; a conjunction in traditional grammar.
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JigneshbharatiWhat is the grammatical form, meaning and function of "what" here?
It is a complementizer in modern grammars; a conjunction in traditional grammar.
0You are telling people what they should watch and what they should not (watch).
I’d say that “what” is an interrogative pronoun functioning as object of “watch” and that the underlined expressions form a coordination of subordinate interrogative clauses (indirect questions).
The meaning of the sentence is:
“You are telling people the answers
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