is this grammatically right?

2KayMember

The poignancy is palpable because of what we know is going to happen.

Which one is the subject of "is going to happen"?

2/22/219:35 AM

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David, ModeratorModerator

Hello, 2Kay, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange.

@2Kay posted:
The poignancy is palpable because of what we know is going to happen.
Which one is the subject of "is going to happen"?

The subject of "is going to happen" is "what." The free relative clause "what we know is going to happen" functions as the object of the preposition "of." That free relative clause contains another clause, complementing "know." "What" is the subject of that clause: "We know [what] is going to happen."

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2/22/2110:53 AM

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