Which is stronger, a tiger or a lion?

Hi,
I'd appreciate it if someone would answer my question. Thanks in advance.

Which is the commonest of the following 3? (All are general sentences.)

1. Which is stronger, a tiger or a lion? This one is.

2. Which is stronger, the tiger or the lion? Sounds more formal, more literary.

3. Which are stronger, tigers or the lions?

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Clive2. Which is stronger, the tiger or the lion? Sounds more formal, more literary.

Besides sounding more formal and literary, I think the sentence compares the stremgth of a specific tiger with that of a specific lion.

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Besides sounding more formal and literary, I think the sentence compares the stremgth of a specific tiger with that of a specific lion. Yes, this could be true in a suitable context. However, using a singular item in a general statement to represent all such items is a common rhetorical device. eg

The lion is the king of beasts.

The oak is a tree that lives a very

in a fight the lion is a born fighter but it would depend on where they fought if it was in a pit more likely the lion would win in open space would be anyone ,if it was a prolonged fight the lion would probally win because it has a greater lung capacity

Anonymousin a fight the lion is a born fighter but it would depend on where they fought

Anon,
It is not a matter of focusing on the content of the example, but of judging its grammaticality!