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Grammar and Linguistics > Who or What is your best friend?
Who or What is your best friend?
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veraviana
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Who or What is your best friend?
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Hi everyone! Can you clarify sth for me, please?
The question to the answer �My best friend is Tom. � Is : � Who is your best friend? �, right? But is it possible to say �What is your best friend? � I don �t think it is, except if it is �What �s your friend like? � But in that case the answer would be different. The problem is that I keep coming across the question �What is your favourite actor/singer? � and that is really confusing, since, for me, only WHO applies.
Thanks in advance!
Vera |
17 Oct 2015
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mariec
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Yes, it´s possible. If you want to know what your friend´s job is. What´s your friend? He´s a teacher. " What is your favourite actor? " I certainly wouldn´t use. |
17 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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Hi Vera, If the answer is a person (best friend, actor etc), then you have to use "Who is..." "What is your favourite actor: is not correct if you are trying to identify who that person is. The only way it might be correct is if you are asking about her best friend �s job/profession, e.g. Maria: "What is your best friend again? I forgot" Anna: "She is a doctor". or if you know the best friend is inanimate (e.g. "That car is his best friend). Where do you keep coming across ´What is your favourite actor/singer? ´ Tap |
17 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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Sorry MarieC, we posted that at the same moment. :-) |
17 Oct 2015
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FrauSue
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"A dog is man �s best friend." - What is man �s best friend? But otherwise I concur wholeheartedly with both the comments above. |
18 Oct 2015
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veraviana
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That is exactly what I thought but I really wanted to listen to other opinions and confirm. Thanks! ;-) |
18 Oct 2015
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