WORDS THAT NEED WATCHING
WHAT
330. (1) _Relative pronoun._
That is _what_ I understand by scientific education.--HUXLEY.
(_a_) Indefinite relative.
Those shadowy recollections,
Which be they _what_ they may,
Are yet the fountain light of all our day.--WORDSWORTH.
(2) _Interrogative pronoun_:
(_a_) Direct question.
_What_ would be an English merchant's character after a few such
transactions?--THACKERAY.
(_b_) Indirect question.
I have not allowed myself to look beyond the Union, to see _what_
might be hidden.--WEBSTER.
(3) _Indefinite pronoun:_ The saying, "I'll tell you _what_."
(4) _Relative adjective._
But woe to _what_ thing or person stood in the way.--EMERSON.
(_a_) Indefinite relative adjective.
To say _what_ good of fashion we can, it rests on reality.--_Id._
(5) _Interrogative adjective_:
(_a_) Direct question.
_What_ right have you to infer that this condition was caused by
the action of heat?--AGASSIZ.
(_b_) Indirect question.
At _what_ rate these materials would be distributed,...it is
impossible to determine.--_Id._
(6) _Exclamatory adjective._
Saint Mary! _what_ a scene is here!--SCOTT.
(7) _Adverb of degree._
If he has [been in America], he knows _what_ good people are to
be found there.--THACKERAY.
(8) _Conjunction_, nearly equivalent to _partly_... _partly_, or _not
only...but_.
_What_ with the Maltese goats, who go tinkling by to their
pasturage; _what_ with the vocal seller of bread in the early
morning;...these sounds are only to be heard...in Pera.--S.S.
Cox.
(9) _As an exclamation._
_What_, silent still, and silent all!--BYRON.
_What_, Adam Woodcock at court!--SCOTT.
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