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jays
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 Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:10 pm Post subject: little (that/what) you can do |
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Are both correct in the parentheses in the following sentence?
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There is little (that/what) you can do. |
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myprofe
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
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Location: Madrid, Spain - Native Boston, USA
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject: Re: little (that/what) you can do |
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| jays wrote: |
| There is little (that/what) you can do. |
In this sentence only "that" is correct.
If you want to use "what" you could say:
What you can do is very little.
what = "the thing that" - or - "that which"
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