Sunday, January 29, 2017

that - "... similar to what ..."

"A high school, a private hospital and several apartment blocks are among the buildings identified with combustible cladding similar to what fuelled the Grenfell Tower fire."



I read this sentence and it seemed to me that there was something not right about it. I don't know why but the use of "what" seemed wrong to me. I think a better sentence would read as follows.



"A high school, a private hospital and several apartment blocks are among the buildings identified with combustible cladding similar to that which fuelled the Grenfell Tower fire."



I'm interested to know, am I correct and if so why ?

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