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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