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:

After talking it out with some fellow teachers and looking some terms up...we're still a little unsure about our conclusions. Any clarifications would be greatly appreciated! "I'm going to talk about Ichiro Suzuki." (Starting out

What i I am trying to ask is that whether Which which is correct in the first sentence since the noun Weapon weapon is creating ambiguity , or not?? According to most grammarians today, that use of which is correct. I do remember reading

In sentence The police found the weapon ,which made prosecutor's job easier . My friend says which is refering to weapon and hence this construcion is wrong .He says it should be The police found the weapon,making prosecutpr's job

yes I was mixing nouns with antecedent . I was trying to say if their are several candidates(nouns) that can serve as an antecedent . In sentence The police found the weapon ,which made prosecutor's job easier . My friend says which

Do relative pronouns follow the nearest antecedent ??? You are speaking as if there were several antecedents, and one of them is nearest the relative pronoun, where in fact there is always only one. You are confusing "noun" with

We're two guys agreeing how to play football. Agreeing is a present participle in your sentence, not a gerund. Present participles are commonly used in what I call clause equivalents, in other words, in structures where a relative pronoun or

I find them all acceptable. I usually use "cases where" myself. I don't like "cases when" very much. Some people may find it wrong. "cases in which" is too formal for everyday conversation. They are all defining. CJ

Jon or his friends who live in a big house are planning the trip. Jon or his friend who drives the flashy hot rod is planning the trip. Did you use those relative pronouns as the modifiers of both 'Jon' and 'his friend(s)', AS?

Is there a rule that allows an understood "that is" or "that are" Yes. It's even got a name: Whiz Deletion. The restrictive relative pronouns who, which or that followed by a form of be ( is, are , etc.) can be deleted.