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Hi. Could you please tell me which is the right question: What �s your best friend �s name? or
What is the name of your best friend?
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4 Apr 2017
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cunliffe
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What �s your best friend �s name? |
4 Apr 2017
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FrauSue
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You could also say, "What �s your best friend called?" |
4 Apr 2017
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MCGO
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What �s your best friend �s name? ( Speaking) What is the name of your best friend? ( writing) |
4 Apr 2017
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redcamarocruiser
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"What �s your best friend called" doesn �t really work in American English in this instance because it doesn�tmean quite the same thing as "what �s your best friend �s name." What a person is called is the nickname that he goes by.
Edit: I just learned that it is acceptable in British English. Thank you Lynne and Frau Sue.
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4 Apr 2017
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redcamarocruiser
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"What �s the name of your best friend" can be used in spoken English if, for example, you cannot recall his name. You could ask. "What �s the name of your best friend, [again]?" |
4 Apr 2017
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cunliffe
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�Called � is fine in British English. �What �s he called? � �What are you called? � .. This is just the same as �what �s your name? � Of course, you don �t need to use the genitive case, you can always go the long way round, as Mary says and there would need to be considerations for that, or it sounds very stinted and un-English. |
4 Apr 2017
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FrauSue
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And thanks to you, redcamarocruiser, I �ve just learnt something else that I didn �t know about US English! :) |
4 Apr 2017
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