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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Which flavor ice cream do you want?

Hi

Is this sentence OK?

[Father to his young son]

Which flavor ice cream do you want?

Thanks,

Tom
  

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That's fine -- or "What kind of ice cream do you want?"
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Thanks, Khoff.

In fact, I posted only half the question. Are these two sentences equally natural and synonymous?

What flavor ice cream do you want?
Which flavor ice cream do you want?

Tom
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Or
Which flavor of ice cream do you want?
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Mr. TomWhat flavor
Just name the flavor from among every flavor of ice cream you have ever heard of.
Mr. TomWhich flavor
Name one of the flavors on a list (implicit or explicit) of flavors being offered or being considered.

what identifies.
which selects.

CJ
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CalifJimwhat identifies.which selects
To careful speakers. A lot of native speakers use 'what' in both cases.

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