what
/wɑt/ particle A1- Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities. · What colour are you going to use?· What time is it?
- Which. · I wonder what colour he is going to use.· I know what colour I am going to use.
- Any ... that; all ... that; whatever. · He seems to have lost what sense he had.· What money I earn is soon spent.
- Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'. · This shows what beauty there is in nature.· You know what nonsense she talks.
- Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way. · What nonsense!· Wow! What a speech.
From the library
But what ails you, father?
“What ails you, my dearest father?
Spencer what made them red and she said she didn’t know and for pity’s sake not to ask her any more questions.
And what _does_ make the roads red?
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