SWAE relative "what"

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Aug 17 01:47:48 UTC 2006


>>From the Scripps Howard News Service, courtesy of the Chicago
>Sun-Times, 8-16-06, page 59:  From "Tips to feeling better:" (Which
>itself sounds odd to me--would be "for" in my dialect.)

Are we sure the "what" isn't a simple typo for "that"?

>"Write down one thing a week what you're thankful for.  Include details."
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