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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

The adjective "which"

Now which movie-lover doesn't love the following: You walk into a theater having absolutely no expectations whatsoever concerning the film you're about to watch. Then you walk out, approximately 90 minutes later, deeply impressed about what you've just seen on the big screen. Shamefully, I have to admit that my case was even a bit worse (and therefore the experience was even a bit better): I already had some expectations walking into that theater, and they weren't very optimistic. I assumed a film with a premise like THE UNGODLY could be either very good or it would just suck big-time. Nothing in-between. Just to be on the safe side, I was betting on the latter. Never was I so foolishly wrong. THE UNGODLY can easily be considered as one of the best movies about a serial killer to come out over the last 20 years (or even longer, if you take in consideration excellent movies like DERANGED and HENRY: A PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER).

< "Let the godless kill..." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489318/reviews?ref_=tt_urv>

I have extracted some from one of reviews about "THE UNGODLY" on IMDB.
I'd like to know whether "which" can play the role of an adjective as shown in my example.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

park sang joon I'd like to know whether "which" can play the role of an adjective as shown in my example Yes, of course, though we would expect 'what'.

— Mister Micawber

  • park sang joon I'd like to know whether "which" can play the role of an adjective as shown in my example Yes, of course, though we would expect 'what'.
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park sang joonI'd like to know whether "which" can play the role of an adjective as shown in my example
Yes, of course, though we would expect 'what'.
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your valuable answer. Emotion: smile
Did you mean "What" as a literal meaning?
Then could I just as well use "
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"What" could also be used, and has the exact same meaning as "which." Sometimes the choice between two words with the same meaning, in a situation like this one, comes down to things like euphony, imagery, or sentence rhythm. "Which" seems to give better euphony and imagery here than "what." "Which" has a sharper sound than "what" (and there's the implied association with the word "witch"), whi
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Thank you No Name One. Emotion: smile
Is my example an interrogative sentence?
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park sang joonIs my example an interrogative sentence?
Yes; the question mark has been replaced by a colon. This happens with rhetorical questions (because they are not real questions).
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