Why does this sentence use what and not where?
"First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything."
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Why does this sentence use what and not where?
When we use the verb to come, doesn't it need somewhere?
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anonymous When we use the verb to come, doesn't it need somewhere? No. You can come to a fork in the road.
- anonymous When we use the verb to come, doesn't it need somewhere?
- No.
- You can come to a fork in the road.
- You can come to a diner.
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anonymousWhen we use the verb to come, doesn't it need somewhere?
No. You can come to a fork in the road. You can come to a diner.
0First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything.
The underlined element is a noun phrase, where "what" means "the thing which", where "the thing" is probably an object of some sort, though Alice did wonder if it might be some place.
It can be paraphrased as First, she tried to look down and
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