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HSS Posted 17 years ago
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What Might Describe her Are ....
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What might describe her are: pretty, intellectual, young ... there are more.
Is the selection of are okay?
Hiro
What might describe her are: pretty, intellectual, young ... there are more.
Is the selection of are okay?
Hiro
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It sounds a bit awkward to me, but might be less awkward in context -- in other words, if the word "what" clearly referred back to a previously mentioned plural noun such as "words" or even "things". Why not just use "Words that" instead?
- It sounds a bit awkward to me, but might be less awkward in context -- in other words, if the word "what" clearly referred back to a previously mentioned plural noun such as "words" or even "things".
- Why not just use "Words that" instead?
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It sounds a bit awkward to me, but might be less awkward in context -- in other words, if the word "what" clearly referred back to a previously mentioned plural noun such as "words" or even "things".
Why not just use "Words that" instead?
Why not just use "Words that" instead?
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YankeeIt sounds a bit awkward to me, but might be less awkward in context -- in other words, if the word "what" clearly referred back to a previously mentioned plural noun such as "words" or even "things".
Why not just use "Words that" instead?
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Words --- yes!
I was focused upon whether 'are' could be used for the relative pronoun 'what.' It is, isn't it, when 'what' means more than one entity?
Hiro
I was focused upon whether 'are' could be used for the relative pronoun 'what.' It is, isn't it, when 'what' means more than one entity?
Hiro
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