| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 26, 2004, 2:10 |
On Tue, 25 May 2004 18:25:57 -0700, Emily Zilch <emily0@...> wrote:> Here's an oddicism I developed somehow: substituting WHAT for THAT in, > um, subjunctive clauses? I forget what they're called. Like so: "The > friend what she told".It's perfectly good (if dialectical) British, FWIW. And, they're relative clauses. Paul
| Barbara Barrett <barbarabarrett@...> |