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Hi,
Which here is qualifying 'one' and not a person as in: which one of you people ?
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:10 pm Who vs. which |
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It should also be noted that when which is used as an interrogative pronoun/adjective, it can refer to people as well as to things:
- Which of those men is your brother?
- Which man is your brother?
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Oct 22, 2008 19:11 pm Which vs. who |
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| Can't it be: 'Why one of you is coming to my house later?'? |
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Oct 22, 2008 19:26 pm Which vs. who |
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Hi Saneta
If you used "why", the word order would have to change:
==> Why is one of you coming to my house later?
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| #6 (permalink) Mon Sep 13, 2010 13:16 pm Which vs. who |
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hello, I know that this forum is about other subject( or matter), but I have a doubt, and I need your explanation... please. Are this clause correct?
we are playing soccers on saturdays.
I think that it is wrong because the present continuous can't be used when we talk about routines or actions that repeat day by day... in this example we should use simple present so it will be that way- We play soccers on saturdays or We are playing soccer next saturday. If I were wrong, please correct me. thank you Alan... |
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:13 am Which vs. who |
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| Interesting forum, i have been just doing the test without checking the explications, but i can see that im going to learn the definition .. Great ! |
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:17 am Which vs. who |
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| Jordano wrote: |
hello, I know that this forum is about other subject( or matter), but I have a doubt, and I need your explanation... please. Are this clause correct?
we are playing soccers on saturdays.
I think that it is wrong because the present continuous can't be used when we talk about routines or actions that repeat day by day... in this example we should use simple present so it will be that way- We play soccers on saturdays or We are playing soccer next saturday. If I were wrong, please correct me. thank you Alan... |
The sentence you are asking about is incorrect. These are all correct:
We play soccer on Saturdays.
We are playing soccer on Saturday.
We are playing soccer next Saturday.
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| #9 (permalink) Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:58 am Re: Which vs. who |
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| Alan wrote: |
Hi,
Which here is qualifying 'one' and not a person as in: which one of you people ?
Alan |
Which one of you is coming to my house later?
Why does Mr Alan write that 'which' doesn't concern a person whereas we are talking about persons in this question:
which one of you..?
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| #10 (permalink) Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:22 am Which vs. who |
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Hi Saneta,
'Which' refers to the number 'one' and not the 'person'.
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