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¿Cómo dices esto en Inglés (US)? In some countries,what are called “public school”are not owned by the state. Why use ‘what’?
¿Cómo dices esto en Inglés (US)? In some countries,what are called “public school”are not owned by the state. Why use ‘what’?
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If you change "what" to "which", it would sound like you are calling "countries" "public schools". That would not work.
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Native English speakers like me usually don't know the answer to this kind of question... I tried searching google to help. It looks like "what" is being used as a pronoun in that context.
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If you change "what" to "which", it would sound like you are calling "countries" "public schools". That would not work.
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