Is the following sentence grammatically correct?
A stone what rolls gathers no moss.
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1No. What is not used as a relative pronoun. There are sociolects that relax this rule, but they are stigmatized. What does occur as a fused relative marker, meaning that which; e.g, What doesn't kill you strengthens you. – John Lawler Apr 07 '20 at 15:48
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1The relative "what" that occurs in fused NPs like "I really liked [what she wrote]" is a pronoun. – BillJ Apr 07 '20 at 16:20
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This sounds like Cockney English to me. – Barmar Apr 07 '20 at 23:00
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@JohnLawler What is used as a relative pronoun, but only with a suppressed antecedent — With joy beyond what victory bestows. – Anton Shepelev Sep 21 '22 at 15:48
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2That's the fused relative pronoun that @BillJ and I mentioned above. You can always substitute the phrase that which for this use of what. That's why it's called "fused". – John Lawler Sep 21 '22 at 17:22
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Does this answer your question? Is 'what' both relative adjective and relative pronoun? – Edwin Ashworth May 20 '23 at 09:31