[Grammar] - What are the differences between these two sentence?

[adeelalrooh]

HI

• What are the differences between these two sentence?

The question is about WHICH

v Which pen do you want?
v Which do you want?

 

[Gillnetter]

HI

• What are the differences between these two sentence?

The question is about WHICH

v Which pen do you want?
v Which do you want?

The difference is that the first sentence has the word "pen" and the second does not have the word "pen". The first sentence asks for a decision regarding the preference of a pen. The second sentence asks for a decision on your preference of something unknown. Your question is not about "Which", your question is about the object or act being discussed or offered,

 

[Tdol]

v Which pen do you want?
v Which do you want?

If the second question refers to pens, then the pens would have to be visible or known from the context.

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Dear Fellow Member Adeelalrooh:

If a teacher wants the grammatical difference, then maybe one could say:

In "Which pen do you want?," the word "which" is an adjective. (It modifies "pen.")

In "Which do you want?," the word "which" is a pronoun. (In this case, "which" is a short way to say "which pen.")


Your Fellow Member,


James