以前见过这样的句子:
1) We do not know exactly what happened that eliminated so many species in a relatively short period of time, but there are several possible explanations.
还有之前讨论过的句子:
2) What is going on here that is so important to where Florida needed to steal this land from Alabama?
麻烦提供一下先行词 what 此种用法的权威出处,如某权威语法书或惯用法辞书等。
十分感谢。
看到这个,让我想起论坛的刘永科老师,他审定过一本书,叫新编英语语法教程(广西师范大学出版),知道这本书的可能不多,在第364页,what和who都可以作为先行词并举了几个例子,关于who作为先行词的描述的书很多,而描述what作为先行词的极少。张满胜的那个驾驭语法书上也有描述过,在第78页,可以看看,举了一个例子:What was it you started to tell me in the restaurant that you didn’t understand about me?,他把这种归类为双层定语从句,也说的过去。what的这种用法不论口语还是书面语还算并不少见!没时间,你自己悟吧!