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Marrion
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 Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:35 am Post subject: Which +plural nouns ...? or Which +singular nouns....? |
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[1] Which top do you like better, the Korean top or the American top?
[2] Which tops do you like better, the Korean tops or the American tops?
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In both of these sentences, which one is correct?
I want to know whether "which" is used with "plural nouns". |
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Jintii
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| Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: Re: Which +plural nouns ...? or Which +singular nouns....? |
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You can use which with both singular and plural nouns. So, both of your sentences are correct, but they have different meanings.
| Marrion wrote: |
| [1] Which top do you like better, the Korean top or the American top? |
This means that there is one Korean top and one American top, and I am supposed to choose the one that I like better.
| Marrion wrote: |
| [2] Which tops do you like better, the Korean tops or the American tops? |
This means that there are two or more Korean tops and two or more American tops, and I should choose either the Korean ones or the American ones.
A third possibility is that you are asking me to choose whether I like Korean tops or American tops in general (not any specific tops in particular). In this case, you would not use an article:
Which tops do you like better, Korean (tops) or American (tops)? |
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Marrion
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| Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject: I got it. |
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