Tue Apr 25, 2006 14:38 pm Why not use 'which' instead of 'what' here |
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. We expect to use what in this question because, for the average reader, there is a wide range of years as possible answers. I myself have no idea as to what decade saw his marriage!
Which is normally reserved for the cases of two only or a very limited number of choices:
What time is it? Which time is better for you, 2:30 or 3:30? . _________________ Canadian-American native speaker who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber |
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