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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

What are the differences

"What are the differences between A and B?"

What's the subject of this sentence? I guess either what or the differences could be the subject.

Can I say both of the sentences below?

What do you think are the differences between A and B?

What do you think the differences are between A and B?

Thanks
LiJ
  

Top answer

Since the sentence is a question, we need to turn it into a statement to find the subject easily. " So the subject is "differences" and the interrogative pronoun "what" stands for those things that are the differences. If the differences were color and size, as I suggested in the statement, then those would be called the subject complement, or perhaps predicate nominatives.

— Spides

  • Since the sentence is a question, we need to turn it into a statement to find the subject easily.
  • " So the subject is "differences" and the interrogative pronoun "what" stands for those things that are the differences.
  • If the differences were color and size, as I suggested in the statement, then those would be called the subject complement, or perhaps predicate nominatives.
  • The two re-orderings of the sentence that you proposed would be equally correct.
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Since the sentence is a question, we need to turn it into a statement to find the subject easily. "The differences between A and B are color and size." So the subject is "differences" and the interrogative pronoun "what" stands for those things that are the differences. If the differences were color and size, as I suggested in the statement, then those would be called the subject complement, or
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Can I say both ... ?
Yes.

CJ
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what about

What do you think the differences between A and B are ?
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Thanks, Spides and CJ.

I understand.
Cogarwhat about

What do you think the differences between A and B are ?

If you ask me
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