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Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
What is with the thing?
When another person asks me for the thing I'm holding, what is the difference between the following 2 sentences.
[1]What is the thing
[2]What is with the thing?
Thank you for your teaching in advance.
[1]What is the thing
[2]What is with the thing?
Thank you for your teaching in advance.
Top answer
What is the thing? This is a question about the object. What is the nature of it?
- What is the thing?
- This is a question about the object.
- What is the nature of it?
- What is with the thing?
- This is a question about motive.
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What is the thing? This is a question about the object. What is the nature of it?
What is with the thing? This is a question about motive. Why are you carrying that?
Or, if the thing is alive: What is it doing and why?
Does this help?
What is with the thing? This is a question about motive. Why are you carrying that?
Or, if the thing is alive: What is it doing and why?
Does this help?
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Your answer is a big helpful for me to understand difference between them. Thank you for your teaching,Doctor D
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