Hello, teachers, Which one is corect?

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hello, Teachers, WHich one is correct? Thank you!:)

----_________ Who is her daughter?
____The girl on the right wearing blue jeans.

A Which B Who

I chose B, but the answer given in the book is A.
 

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hello, Teachers, WHich one is correct? Thank you!:)

----_________ Who is her daughter?
____The girl on the right wearing blue jeans.

A Which B Who

I chose B, but the answer given in the book is A.
Both are possible.
 

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hello, Teachers, WHich one is correct? Thank you!:)

----_________ Who is her daughter?
____The girl on the right wearing blue jeans.

A Which B Who

I chose B, but the answer given in the book is A.
Both are used, true, but the author of the book chose A Which because a choice is offered; i.e., Which (of the two girls) is her daughter? The girl on the right.
 

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Both are used, true, but the author of the book chose A Which because a choice is offered; i.e., Which (of the two girls) is her daughter? The girl on the right.
This is the sort of test question I loathe. The author may well have had good reasons for preferring one form, but if the other is possible, then it is unreasonable to reject it, in my opinion.
 

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Both are used, true, but the author of the book chose A Which because a choice is offered; i.e., Which (of the two girls) is her daughter? The girl on the right.

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Or Which (one/girl) is her daughter?, when you cannot say how many girls the author may have had in mind.
 

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This is the sort of test question I loathe. The author may well have had good reasons for preferring one form, but if the other is possible but not the best answer, then it is unreasonable to reject it is faulty logic, in my opinion too.

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Or Which (one/girl) is her daughter?, when you cannot say how many girls the author may have had in mind.
Right. There's a choice. Nice addition, engee30.
 

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If the test is aimed at intermediate level or above, perhaps it's OK. For anybody below that level it's not obvious why it's better to point at a photo of some girls and say "Which one is her daughter?" rather than "Who (amongst them) is her daughter" is . They will, after all, hear both from native speakers.
 

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If the test is aimed at intermediate level or above, perhaps it's OK. For anybody below that level it's not obvious why it's better to point at a photo of some girls and say "Which one is her daughter?" rather than "Who (amongst them) is her daughter" is . They will, after all, hear both from native speakers.
They will indeed, and why not? Who is just as likely a choice as which in spoken language, but of those two possible choices, should we ask, "Which is the best answer?" or "What is the best answer?" *What of those questions reflects conversational language and which formal language? ;-)
 

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They will indeed, and why not? Who is just as likely a choice as which in spoken language, but of those two possible choices, should we ask, "Which is the best answer?" or "What is the best answer?" *What of those questions reflects conversational language and which formal language? ;-)
It's so often a matter of opinion. For example:

Of those two possible choices, which is the ------ answer? A. better.....B. best

I'd go for A; you, it seems, would go for B.;-)
 

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It's so often a matter of opinion.
I'm not sure we are discussing the same grammar point. Which expresses a choice. That's ...not an opinion.
 

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I'm not sure we are discussing the same grammar point. Which expresses a choice. That's ...not an opinion.
'Which' involves choice, I agree.

What I was meant that the better answer in questions of this type, when insufficient context is provided, is often a matter of opinon. In the original question as it stands:

----_________ is her daughter?
____The girl on the right wearing blue jeans.
....... A. Which B. Who

we do not know if a choice is being offered. If there are only two people other than the speakers in the room, and both of them are girls, then 'which' is the better, indeed the correct, answer. We have not, however been given that information.

Moving on to your next point:
Who is just as likely a choice as which in spoken language, but of those two possible choices, should we ask, "Which is the best answer?" or "What is the best answer?" *What of those questions reflects conversational language and which formal language?
For me,

1. "Which is the better answer?" is fine if we intended to restrict the choice to one of the two presented.
2. "What is the best answer?" allows a third answer to be created.

The words I have highlighted in blue are true only in the context of #1.
 
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