[Grammar] Grammaticality test

[ernei]

Hi people,
The following is a question that I derived from Skinner's sentence 'Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.'
- What survives when what has been learned has been forgotten is education?
I would like to know if the question is grammatical and, if it is, sounds too odd.

 

[SoothingDave]

It's not a question.

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forums. ernei.

- What survives when what has been learned has been forgotten is education?

That is not grammatical.

 

[ernei]

Welcome to the forums. ernei.

- What survives when what has been learned has been forgotten is education?

That is not grammatical.

Thank you!

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Is education what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten?'

Is it grammatical?

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes. I found the original sentence to be constructed in a needlessly complicated way but it was grammatical.

 

[bhaisahab]

It is indeed grammatical and it was written by this man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner

 

[emsr2d2]

Ah, a psychologist and philosopher. That explains the needlessly complicated construction! ;-)