What we need
Complex sentences are what we need to bring into IELTS writing.
I read the above in one of the Google books.
please explain to me the grammatical form and function of "what" here?
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Noun clause introduced by the relative pronoun "what" function as a subject complement.
which of "what" is used here?
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Jigneshbharati Noun clause introduced by the relative pronoun "What" is sometimes called a "fused relative" pronoun because it is short for "The things that. " The things = noun phrase, that = relative pronoun. It fuses a noun (things) with a relative pronoun (that).
- Jigneshbharati Noun clause introduced by the relative pronoun "What" is sometimes called a "fused relative" pronoun because it is short for "The things that.
- " The things = noun phrase, that = relative pronoun.
- It fuses a noun (things) with a relative pronoun (that).
- Complex sentences are what we need to bring into IELTS writing.
- Complex sentences are the things that we need to bring into IELTS writing.
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JigneshbharatiNoun clause introduced by the relative pronoun
"What" is sometimes called a "fused relative" pronoun because it is short for "The things that." The things = noun phrase, that = relative pronoun. It fuses a noun (things) with a relative pronoun (that).
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