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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Which vs What

Which would you say:

Which keys did you lose?

What keys did you lose?

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I would use the first sentence.

— Yoong Liat

  • I would use the first sentence.
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I would use the first sentence.
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In short, 'what' represent objects, while 'which' indicates a choice.

What keys did you lose?
Which of these two sets of keys did you lose?
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ferdisIn short, 'what' represent objects, while 'which' indicates a choice.

What keys did you lose?
Which of these two sets of keys did you lose?

IMO, it is not correct to say "What keys did you lose?"

You have a few or many keys, and you have lost one of them. So "Which key did you lose?" is applicable in this case.

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Well, depending on context, you may be correct. However, we could be inquiring what kind of key it was that he lost: 'what [kind of] key did you lose?' Since there is an undetermined amount of kinds of keys, 'what' would be correct. But in this scenario you are right: I had two keys earlier, but I've lost one of them; which key did I lose?
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What is used when it's not followed by a choice, when you have nothing to pick from.

What key did you lose

but

Which key did you lose? they house key or the car key

Whey is when you have 2 or more things to choose from.

can someone confirm?

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