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Zazzex Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

You are stweardess of which country?

Hello,

you are stweardess of which country?

How can you ask the above with "which" being at beginning?

"Which country ....?"
  

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People are not stewardesses of any country. What are you trying to say?

  • People are not stewardesses of any country.
  • What are you trying to say?
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People are not stewardesses of any country. What are you trying to say?
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It does not make sense?

You are the president of which country?

You are a stewardess of which country?
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A stewardess is a woman who takes care of people on an airplane. She can be from any country.

A president is an elected official, the chief executive officer of only one particular country.

Maybe you're having trouble understanding the use of the preposition of.

Do you mean this: What country is the stewardess from? What country are you from?
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Also, 'stewardess' is now politically incorrect. 'Flight attendant'.
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Ok, then change the noun to president since I am asking about the sentence structure. Noun is not the focus here.

You are the president of which country?

How can you ask this correctly with which being at the front.

thanks
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Which/what country are you the president of?
Which/what country is the stewardess from? or better yet: Where is the stewardess from?

Note that "which" suggests a limited set of options, like for example in:

Which out of these 5 countries are you from? or

Which European country are you from?

"What" is neutral in this respe
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zazzexHow can you ask this correctly with which being at the front?
Which country are you the president of?

Since which is adjectival, you have to pull the accompanying noun to the front with it. You may have to strand a preposition at the end.

You are traveling to which city? > W
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So, is this correct?

"Which country are you a stewardess from?"
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Yes. Grammatically it's correct. Nevertheless, I should mention that it's not a conversation starter. You would say it only in the course of a rather unusual conversation. I'll give you an illustration.

Suppose a stewardess is introducing you to several other stewardesses from different countries.

"This stewardess is Mary. She is from China. This stewardess is Laura. She
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I greatly appreciate your kind and comprehensive answer.

Cheers

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