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[sabrinak]

Hello,


I need to clarify this:

1. Which of you has the dictionary?
2. Which one of you has the dictionary? --> Do you expect there will be only one person having the dictionary?
3. Which of you guys has the dictionary?
4. Who of you has the dictionary?
5. Which ones of you have the dictionary? --> Is it possible?

I want to know which is correct and which is not. And some meaning difference if there are any.


Thank you always very much.

[dragn]

1. Which of you has the dictionary? OK
2. Which one of you has the dictionary? OK --> Do you expect there will be only one person having the dictionary? YES
3. Which of you guys has the dictionary? OK (Informal, but OK)
4. Who of you has the dictionary? OK, but a bit less common. This also seems less likely for a group of only two people, in my opinion.
5. Which ones of you have the dictionary? OK --> Is it possible? YES

In regard to no. 5, in a situation where one dictionary is being passed around from one group to another, this would make sense. For example, in a classroom where the students sit at tables, and there is one dictionary being passed around from table to table.

Greg