Dear friend, you'd better specify your question, as listing every possible meaning of 'what' will be of little help. Here are some of the most common meanings: 1. Interrogative pronoun - asking for information specifying something:

Dear friend, Basically, any sentence consists of two parts. They are complete subject and complete predicate. Complete subject is the part of the sentence which names what is talked about, in your case, it is trains. The part which tells what is

. You are incorrect. A singular countable noun requires a determiner of some sort. I have a head, I have a heart, I have a wife, I have a car, I have a headache. .

Chris Waigl a =E9crit : The one on "v=F4tre" was entirely unneccessary. One might say erroneous. It would have been, if indeed it had been on "votre". As it was actually on "la v=F4tre", it was entirely necessary,

... or "my car's door". According to my grammar book, "my car's door" is not correct. The "'s" construct is ... opposite. He believes that only foreigners would say "the door of my car". Who

Mxsmanic wrote on 25 Jul 2004: Some of my students asked me last week which uses of the mark of the possessive case (apostrophe + s) are inappropriate or unnatural in contrast to constructions such as "the house of John," "The house

If you're not sure, you shouldn't make such sweeping statements. It doesn't matter whether the words are bisyllabic or not ... your point here. Plus, there are many dialects of BrE: are you sure you can speak for all of them? No. Huh?

David at (Email Removed) says in (Email Removed): : In a plural context universal standard English, even in the ... showbiz sloppiness attached a kind of glamour to the habit. Rubbish! "A lot" is entirely singular. So much for UK kulcha

Raymond S. Wise typed thus: That's true. But the same pronunciation used as a noun ... determiner: "I'll ask the missus." "That's his missus, all right." (where's the thread on class?) This is an ugly term which

Raymond S. Wise typed thus: Rich typed thus: Mistress. You don't spell Mrs out. That's true. But the same pronunciation used as a noun *is* spelled out. Another poster mentioned it: "missus." It's also spelled