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Liveinjapan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Which.....

There are 20 boys and 10 girls in the class.
How do you ask some of the students as to whether there more boys than girls in the class, using the word 'which'?

Which is larger between the number of boys and the number of girl?
Which do you have more in your class, boys or girls?

Are my sentences correrct?

Could you recommend better sentences?
Thanks.
  

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The first one is awful, LIJ. The second one is reasonably common in this form: Which do you have more of in your class, boys or girls? I wouldn't use 'which' at all but would say ' Are there more boys or girls in your class?

— Mister Micawber

  • The first one is awful, LIJ.
  • The second one is reasonably common in this form: Which do you have more of in your class, boys or girls?
  • I wouldn't use 'which' at all but would say ' Are there more boys or girls in your class?
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The first one is awful, LIJ. The second one is reasonably common in this form: Which do you have more of in your class, boys or girls?

I wouldn't use 'which' at all but would say 'Are there more boys or girls in your class?'
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I understand that direct translations (using 'which') are sometimes impossible!

Thanks so much, Mr M.
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