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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Word choice
Are both words 'what and which' possible and correct?
'What or which' year did you open your restaurant?
'What or which' year did you open your restaurant?
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'What or which' year did you open your restaurant? Generally, 'which' selects; 'what' identifies. There's nothing in the context that gives any choices to select from, so 'what' is the better choice.
- 'What or which' year did you open your restaurant?
- Generally, 'which' selects; 'what' identifies.
- There's nothing in the context that gives any choices to select from, so 'what' is the better choice.
- You're asking the listener to identify a year, not to select one.
- Many people fail to observe the difference, however, so if you use 'which', it will hardly be noticed.
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Anonymous Are both words 'what and which' possible and correct?'What or which' year did you open your restaurant?Generally,
'which' selects; 'what' identifies.
There's nothing in the context that gives any choices to select from, so 'what' is the better choice. You're asking the listener to identify a year, not to select one. Many people f
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CalifJim Anonymous Are both words 'what and which' possible and correct?'What or which' year did you open your restaurant?Generally,'which' selects; 'what' identifies.There's nothing in the context that gives any choices to select from, so 'what' is the better choice. You're asking the listener to identify a year, not to select one. Many people fail to observe the differe
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AnonymousWould this sentence also be correct?What year was your restaurant opened/established?Yes, it would.
CJ
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CalifJim AnonymousWould this sentence also be correct?What year was your restaurant opened/established?Yes, it would.CJHi CJ, would you please help me with this topic and tell me if these sentences work:
1. I don’t want any embarrassment between you and your partners.
2. I would never want to see any thing that may cause an embarrassment between
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Embarrassment has nothing to do with 'what' and 'which'. You're going off-topic. Start a new thread.
You can't expect any one moderator to answer every question you have. You have to adjust to the fact that the moderators here are not private tutors, and the work of answering all these questions has to be distributed among all of us as we are available to answer.
That said, I
You can't expect any one moderator to answer every question you have. You have to adjust to the fact that the moderators here are not private tutors, and the work of answering all these questions has to be distributed among all of us as we are available to answer.
That said, I
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CalifJimEmbarrassment has nothing to do with 'what' and 'which'. You're going off-topic. Start a new thread.You can't expect any one moderator to answer every question you have. You have to adjust to the fact that the moderators here are not private tutors, and the work of answering all these questions has to be distributed among all of us as we are available to answer.Th
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