That's what's?

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ucul

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I keep hearing my native English (AmE) speaker friends says:
1. That's what's in the album.
2. That's what's important.
3. etc

My question is, is that grammatically correct to say "That's what's..."?
 

Matthew Wai

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I think it is grammatical because the what-clause functions as a noun, the predicate noun of the sentence.
 

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It's fine. That's what's important = That is what is important = That is the thing that is important.
 
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