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Old 22-Jun-2003, 09:08
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Please help me in framing a right question for the following sentence, the
answer is the word in quotes within the sentence. I wish to make a question to get the number as the answer.

Bill Clinton is the "42nd" president of America.

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Hi,

Please help me in framing a right question for the following sentence, the
answer is the word in quotes within the sentence. I wish to make a question to get the number as the answer.

Bill Clinton is the "42nd" president of America.

The question will be:

Who is the "42nd" president of America?
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Old 22-Jun-2003, 20:26
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Hi,

Please help me in framing a right question for the following sentence, the
answer is the word in quotes within the sentence. I wish to make a question to get the number as the answer.

Bill Clinton is the "42nd" president of America.

The question will be:

Who is the "42nd" president of America?
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Thanks for answering my message.
But this is not the question I'm looking for. As I said in my original request, I am looking for a question to get the number as the answer.
eg.
1.Is Bill Clinton 41st or 42nd president?
When I don't want to refer to any number: Is the following correct?:
2.What number of President of America is Bill Clinton?
Can you suggest a correction or a better question.

Thank you in advance
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Old 22-Jun-2003, 21:40
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There are a couple of ways to do it.

A "fill in the blank" type question
1) George Washington was the first President of the United States. Which President was Bill Clinton?

A multiple choice type question
2) Bill Clinton was the

1. 40th President
2. 41st President
3. 42nd President
4. 43rd President

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Another possibility:

Which (ordinal number) presidency was Bill Clintion's?

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The trouble with all of these questions is that the answer contains all the information, where a natural one would probably contain a pronoun.
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The trouble with all of these questions is that the answer contains all the information, where a natural one would probably contain a pronoun.
What would be an example of that? <curious>

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Another possible question:

What ordinal number designates Bubba's presidency? _ :wink:

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The trouble with all of these questions is that the answer contains all the information, where a natural one would probably contain a pronoun.
What would be an example of that? <curious>

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Another possible question:

What ordinal number designates Bubba's presidency? _ :wink:

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What the questioner needs most might be the answer given by Ron as "which presidency is Bill Collition's? " from which you will answer with "42th" only which is just what the questioner want to make.
Hope I make myself understood :P :);)
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Which (ordinal number) presidency was Bill Clinton's?

The 42nd
It was the 42nd
He was the 42nd

It sounds a bit strange to have both his name and his number- we'd normally replace the one featured in the question to focus on the answer.
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Originally Posted by tdol
The trouble with all of these questions is that the answer contains all the information, where a natural one would probably contain a pronoun.
What would be an example of that? <curious>

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Another possible question:

What ordinal number designates Bubba's presidency? _ :wink:

8)
What the questioner needs most might be the answer given by Ron as "which presidency is Bill Collition's? " from which you will answer with "42th" only which is just what the questioner want to make.
Hope I make myself understood :P :);)
Yes, but who is Bill Collition? :wink:

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