Scott, It's a determiner. "What" and "which" are interrogative determiners. "Whose" is a possessive interrogative determiner. Dick On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Scott Woods <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear List, > > In the sentence <What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?>, > what is the role of "what"? How would you explain it? Is it adjectival to > "wisdom"? Is it just a question marker? You could re-write the sentence as > <Can you find wisdom that is greater than kindness?>, so "what" doesn't seem > to be telling exactly the kind of wisdom. You could also re-write it as <You > can find no wisdom that is greater than kindness>, so does "what" operate > like an interrogative adjectival negator modifying "wisdom"? > What else might be going on? > > Thanks, > > Scott Woods > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or > leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/