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"WHAT is your phone number?", "WHICH do you prefer, water or juice?" In this lesson we will teach you the differences between "what" and "which", pronouns that often cause confusion.
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"What" and "which" are two interrogative pronouns that are frequently confused. Below is an explanation of the different uses of these pronouns.
What
"What" is used to ask a question when there is an unknown or infinite number of possible answers or options. It is used for asking questions in general.
Examples:
What is your favorite food?
What did you do yesterday?
What type of music do you like?
What would you like to drink?
Which
In contrast to "what", we use "which" when the possible answers are limited to a small quantity (perhaps 2, 3 or 4) and it is necessary to choose among them. This interrogative pronoun can be used with both things and people.
Examples:
Which jacket should I buy, the brown one or the black one?
Which of you would like to help me?
Which would you like, wine or beer?
"What" y "which" son dos pronombres interrogativos que se confunden con frecuencia. A continuación se presenta una explicación de los diferentes usos de estos pronombres.
What
Se utiliza "what" para hacer una pregunta cuando hay un número desconocido o infinitas posibilidades de respuestas u opciones. Se usa para preguntar en general.
Ejemplos:
What is your favorite food?(¿Cuál es tu comida favorita?)
What did you do yesterday?(¿Qué hiciste ayer?)
What type of music do you like?(¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?)
What would you like to drink?(¿Qué te gustaría beber?)
Which
En contraste con "what", usamos "which" cuando las opciones posibles son limitadas a un pequeño número (quizás 2, 3 o 4) y hay que seleccionar una entre ellas. Se puede utilizar tanto con cosas como con personas.
Ejemplos:
Which jacket should I buy, the brown one or the black one?(¿Qué chaqueta debería comprar, la marrón o la negra?)
Which of you would like to help me?(¿A cuál de vosotros le gustaría ayudarme?)
Which would you like, wine or beer?(¿Qué quieres, vino o cerveza?)
Nota: El uso de "what" y "which" en inglés está determinado por las respuestas posibles a diferencia del español donde las reglas de uso de "¿qué?" y "¿cuál?" están determinadas por la sintaxis.
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