The use of "what"

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Stenka25

#361911 Tue, 08 May 07 08:17 AM

I want to know the use of "what" in the following sentence.

I mean it looks ok enen if 'what' is omitted.

Discuss what the effects that the melting of the polar ice cap might have on the rest of the world.

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nona the brit

#361928 Tue, 08 May 07 09:48 AM

The sentence is only correct without the 'what'.

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The name says it all.

Stenka25

#362781 Thu, 10 May 07 08:08 AM

Thanks.