These clauses have the WH- element what or how, in nominal or adverbial group. … whatconflates with a Complement, as inwhat tremendously easy riddles you ask; this is often an attributive Complement, as inwhat a fool he is. howconflates with an Adjunct, as inhow beautifully you make love. In earlier English the Finite in these clauses preceded the Subject, as inhow are the mighty fallen; but since the Finite ^ Subject sequence became specifically associated with the interrogative mood, the normal order in exclamatives has become Subject ^ Finite.