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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Which or what usage
I work for a large medical facility that we customarily greet patients asking " Which doctor are you seeing today?", our supervisor is requesting us to say " What doctor are you seeing today ?".
I think 'which doctor' sounds better than 'what doctor', but I am not sure why. Are they both
correct, or one more 'correct' than the other?
I think 'which doctor' sounds better than 'what doctor', but I am not sure why. Are they both
correct, or one more 'correct' than the other?
Top answer
Both are fine. what identifies; which selects. What doctor?
- Both are fine.
- what identifies; which selects.
- What doctor?
- asks the patient to identify the doctor (by name, of course).
- Which doctor?
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Both are fine.
what identifies; which selects.
What doctor? asks the patient to identify the doctor (by name, of course).
Which doctor? asks the patient to select the doctor (by name) as if from a list of doctors at the facility.
So both are possible.
CJ
what identifies; which selects.
What doctor? asks the patient to identify the doctor (by name, of course).
Which doctor? asks the patient to select the doctor (by name) as if from a list of doctors at the facility.
So both are possible.
CJ
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