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Cat desk Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Usage of what and which

  • It is difficult to know what idioms are in fashion and what are not
  • It is difficult to know which idioms are in fashion and which are not.
  • It is difficult to know what idioms are in fashion and which are not.
Are all the three sentences correct?

I got this on this site.(Learning English | BBC World Service) Please coorect them if they are wrong.
  

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cat desk Are all the three sentences correct? Did you read your own link? The answer to your question is explained there: 'What' and 'which' are interchangeable in your example, Telma.

— Mister Micawber

  • cat desk Are all the three sentences correct?
  • Did you read your own link?
  • The answer to your question is explained there: 'What' and 'which' are interchangeable in your example, Telma.
  • Both 'what' and 'which' would fit in both places with little or no difference in meaning.
  • As to style, consistency would be better.
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cat deskAre all the three sentences correct?

Did you read your own link? The answer to your question is explained there:

'What' and 'which' are interchangeable in your example, Telma. Both 'what' and 'which' would fit in both places with little or no difference in meaning.

As to style, consistency would be better.

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