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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

What which which one?

Which shoes should I wear?
What shoes should I wear?
  

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Hi, The grammatical explanation is this: what identifies; which selects. 1. If you have to choose a pair of shoes from a collection of shoes, you should use ‘ Which shoes should I wear?

  • Hi, The grammatical explanation is this: what identifies; which selects.
  • 1.
  • If you have to choose a pair of shoes from a collection of shoes, you should use ‘ Which shoes should I wear?
  • ’ 2.
  • ’ Regards
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Hi,
The grammatical explanation is this: what identifies; which selects.
1. If you have to choose a pair of shoes from a collection of shoes, you should use ‘Which shoes should I wear?
2. If no choices are given and you only ask someone's advice about their ideas, you should use
‘What shoes should I wear?’

Regards

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