Level: intermediate
The interrogative determiners are which and what.
which is a specific determiner
Here are three books. Which book do you think is the most interesting?
They have four boys. Which boy is the oldest?
I can’t remember which house Janet lives in.
Which restaurant did you go to?
what is a general determiner
What food do you like?
I don’t know what job she does.
- Interrogative determiners 1
- Interrogative determiners 2
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Hello. I think I couldn't understand properly the differences in the use of which and what.
Thanks for helping me.
Best regards.
Hello Diego Feital
We're happy to help you with specific questions. Could you please tell us a little more about what you don't understand?
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello, Sir.
I'm not sure about when should I use "which" and when should I use "what". I think "which" is used when we have two options. For example: "Which ice cream do you prefer: vanilla or strawberry?". And "what" we use in a broader sense. For example: "What's your favorite ice cream?"
Am I right?
All the best.
Hello again Diego Feital
That's exactly right! There can be more than two options when we choose 'which' -- the idea is that it is a relatively limited set of options that is somehow present. For example, if we're in an ice cream shop and we can see the 12 flavours they have, we'd probably use 'which' because the options are there in front of us. But if you and I were on top of a mountain talking about food, 'what' would make more sense.
Well done!
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Thanks for the feedback. I understood the difference now.
All the best.
Sir
Is the use of one word as adjective and verb in the same sentence correct ?
Example: Do you want to naked me?
2....I met Him
Hi Akong,
Off the top of my head, I can't think of any adjectives that can be used as a verb without some kind of change in form. Usually some kind of suffix or prefix is added, e.g. the adjective 'white' + '-en' = 'to whiten'.
'naked' can't be used as a verb in standard English so that sentence is not grammatical. In 2, 'met' is only a verb (the verb 'meet' in the past simple) and is not an adjective. I don't see how you could use it as an adjective, but if you have something specific in mind, please let us know.
By the way, could you please ask your questions on a relevant page? For example, since this one is about verbs and adjectives, it would make more sense somewhere in one of those sections instead of here. Thanks in advance for your cooperation with this.
All the best,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Sir.
Somebody wrote and said
There are about 50 different determiners in the English language they include:
Articles - a, an, the.
Demonstratives - this, that, these, those, which etc.
Possessives - my, your, our, their, his, hers, whose, my friend's, our friends', etc.
Quantifiers -few, a few, many, much, each, every, some, any etc.
More items...which of them fits or means "Integrative" Is it DEMONSTRATIVE? following his arrangement since he wrote (which ) as one of his examples ?
Thanks
Hello Akong,
We're happy to comment on our own material and explanations but we can't explain to you what someone else was thinking when they wrote something. There are interrogative determiners (I think this is what you mean, rather than 'integrative') which are used before nouns to ask questions (e.g. Which book do you want?).
You can find a useful categorisation of determiners on the relevant wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determiner
I think if you want an explanation of this person's categorisation then you should contact them. It would not be appropriate for us to speak for that person.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Thanks sir.
You have solved my problem
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