What there’s most of
"We set off from the Arsenal gallery in a small group of about 20 people, first through Bialystok’s Branicki Palace gardens, where a “family picnic” is in full swing, organised by the Law and Justice party local authorities as a contrast to the Pride march. There are bouncy castles, but what there’s most of is military stuff, border guards, some big guns and armoured personnel carriers - it’s a family event, for the kiddies, so let’s have plenty of militarism."
(The Guardian.)
what there’s most of
Is "what" in "what there’s most of" a complement (object) of the preposition "of" only, or is it a fused form functioning simultaneously as the head of the noun phrase "what there’s most of" and as the complement of the preposition "of" in the paragraph above?
Top answer
There are bouncy castles, but what there’s most of is military stuff, border guards, some big guns and armoured personnel carriers - it’s a family event, for the kiddies, so let’s have plenty of militarism. I'd say that your second suggestion is right that it's a fused relative construction where the NP "what" is simultaneously head of the whole NP and complement (in pre-nuclear position) to "of" in the relative clause.
- There are bouncy castles, but what there’s most of is military stuff, border guards, some big guns and armoured personnel carriers - it’s a family event, for the kiddies, so let’s have plenty of militarism.
- I'd say that your second suggestion is right that it's a fused relative construction where the NP "what" is simultaneously head of the whole NP and complement (in pre-nuclear position) to "of" in the relative clause.
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There are bouncy castles, but what there’s most of is military stuff, border guards, some big guns and armoured personnel carriers - it’s a family event, for the kiddies, so let’s have plenty of militarism.
I'd say that your second suggestion is right that it's a fused relative construction where the NP "what" is simultaneously head of the whole NP and complement (in p
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