Note 7 — Section 3. THE ACTION[1] OF[2] WATER.
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‘that’, here was. The indefinite relative pronoun was is the pronoun generally required after the indefinite numerals alles, etwas, manches, nichts, viel, and wenig, after the indefinite demonstrative pronoun das, and also after a superlative used substantively; as Das Schönste, was ich habe.
Return to Section 3. THE ACTION[1] OF[2] WATER.Return to Section 116. EARLY PRIVATIONS[1].Return to Section 129. GOETHE’S DAILY LIFE AT WEIMAR. I.Return to Section 158. THE WARLIKE CHARACTER OF THE GERMANS.Return to Section 163. TACITUS.Return to Section 198. FALSE PRIDE.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.