what make or what sort?

[cuchoangthi]

-".............is your motorbike?"
-" It's a Honda "
could you help me to choose what make or what sort?

[colloquium]

-".............is your motorbike?"
-" It's a Honda "
could you help me to choose what make or what sort?

I would use what make, but both are equally possible.

Make is perhaps more specific, in that it implies a maker.

For instance, we would say what sort of animal is that? But not what make of animal is that?

The word make indicates that it is a man-made object; whereas the word sort can be used for natural and man-made objects.

It is your choice.

[tspoon]

I think 'What make' is the more correct choice. The use of 'What sort' instead will not necessarily result in the answer 'It's a Honda'. For instance possible answers to 'What sort is your motorbike' could include 'It's a red one' or 'It's a V-Twin'. 'What make' is the more specific question of the two.