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[GUEST2008]

Hi

Which is correct: Which bank offered him the best rate? OR Which bank did offer him the best rate?

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[heidita]

Which is correct: Which bank offered him the best rate?
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hi guest, why this one: Because "bank" is the subject of the sentence. You do not need, actually, can't use, do

[GUEST2008]

hi guest, why this one: Becuse "bank" is the subject of the sentence. You do not need, actually, can't use, do

Hi. Could you give me some other examples?
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[heidita]

Hi. Could you give me some other examples?
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No problem:

Who drove the car? (who: subject)

Who did you see? (who:object)

Which car drove into the wall? (which car: subject)

Which car did you see that night? (which car: object)

[GUEST2008]

No problem:

Who drove the car? (who: subject)

Who did you see? (who:object)

Which car drove into the wall? (which car: subject)

Which car did you see that night? (which car: object)

How is it possible that "who" in the first example is a "subject" I would say that "car" is a subject.

[banderas]

Hi. Could you give me some other examples?
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Now let's look at this example:
"What happened?
What did happen?
Is the word what asking a question about the subject or object of the verb happen? Let's imagine some possible answers to the question – using the verb happen, of course. Which ones are grammatically correct?

1. Something happened to me.
2. Nothing happened to them.
3. I happened something.
4. They happened nothing.

The first two are correct, of course. This means that we are asking a question about the subject of the sentence, so to make the correct question, we use the verb in the correct tense without an auxiliary: What happened?"

[heidita]

How is it possible that "who" in the first example is a "subject" I would say that "car" is a subject.

Whenever you ask for the subject it has to be the thing or person doing the action:

so:
Who drove the car?
I drove the car.

You can see clearly, that who is the subject, as I has substituted it in the answer.

[IvanV]

Hi

Which is correct: Which bank offered him the best rate? OR Which bank did offer him the best rate?
The second is also correct, but in a specific context.

e.g.

John: Which bank offered him the best rate?
Ann: Well, Raiffeisen didn't really offer him the best rate.
John: Okay, but which bank did offer him the best rate?

Emphasis on did is important.
Disclaimer: The name of the bank is randomly picked and does not present my attitude toward the bank itself.

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hi guest, why this one: Because "bank" is the subject of the sentence. You do not need, actually, can't use, do

I don't follow. The first sentence is correct, because 'bank' is the subject?

[banderas]

Hi, IvanV,
this is a very good illustration, indeed!

[IvanV]

You're welcome!

I.