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Hee Gu Yoon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Are these same sentences?

Hello, I have one question.

<It is hard to sing.> can be transformed into a question <is it hard to sing?>

But I wonder how different these question sentences with 'what'.

<What is hard to sing?>
<What is it hard to sing?>

The existence of it makes any difference between those questions?
  

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Welcome to the forum, Hee Gu Yoon. I sense no real difference in meaning between the two.

  • Welcome to the forum, Hee Gu Yoon.
  • I sense no real difference in meaning between the two.
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Welcome to the forum, Hee Gu Yoon.

I sense no real difference in meaning between the two.
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Sir, I have one more thing to ask you.

You mentioned it seemed like there is no difference between these two.
1. What is hard to sing?
2. What is it hard to sing?

In No.1, what means something that makes the speaker hard to sing.
For example, reasons could be smoking, no ability to read notes, or no time, I think.

In No.2, what means a
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They both mean the same - What? = what specific song?/specific piece of music?/type of song?/type of music?

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