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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

What / Where?

"On the top of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain on earth, the air pressure is one-third of what it is at sea level."

Couldn't it be where instead of what? And what does "what" refer to, here?

  

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anonymous Couldn't it be where instead of what? No, that is not possible. anonymous And what does "what" refer to, here?

— Mister Micawber

  • anonymous Couldn't it be where instead of what?
  • No, that is not possible.
  • anonymous And what does "what" refer to, here?
  • air pressure
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anonymousCouldn't it be where instead of what?

No, that is not possible.

anonymousAnd what does "what" refer to, here?

air pressure

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