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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

What is.../This is...

Hello. What's different between these questions?

1.What this film is?
2.What is this film?
3.What film is this?

Difference between these questions:
1.This is a new car.
2.This car is new.

Thank you a lot.
  

Top answer

1 is not a grammatical question 2 asks for information about the movie, which you know nothing about. (Ans: It's a comedy from last year. ) 3 asks for the name of the movie or for some way to differentiate it from other known movies.

— BarbaraPA

  • 1 is not a grammatical question 2 asks for information about the movie, which you know nothing about.
  • (Ans: It's a comedy from last year.
  • ) 3 asks for the name of the movie or for some way to differentiate it from other known movies.
  • ) The next two are not questions.
  • 1 is a simple statement a car you both see.
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1 is not a grammatical question
2 asks for information about the movie, which you know nothing about. (Ans: It's a comedy from last year. It's Cameron's latest.)
3 asks for the name of the movie or for some way to differentiate it from other known movies. (We chose the romantic comedy [from the ones we had been talking about].)

The next two are not questions.
1 is a simple s
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As I know the first is used in complex sentences only (ex: Can you tell me, what this book is (about)?)
About third queston. Can I say What kind (sort) of film is this?( I mean What film is this = What kind of...)
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Yes, you can use the first as an indirect question. Can you tell me what this is? But not alone, as you have written it.

Yes, you can certainly say "What kind of film is it?"
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I would also say only use the first one in indirect speech or question. For instance, "Thomas asked me what this film is." We can never say "Thomas asked me what is this film".
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