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mryoung
20 дек. 2019

  • Упрощенный китайский (Китай)
  • Английский (американский вариант)
  • Английский (британский вариант)
Вопрос про Английский (американский вариант)

In ____ year were you born?
A. Which
B. What

Which is correct? And why?

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isthmus_x
20 дек. 2019

  • Английский (британский вариант)
  • Английский (американский вариант)

@mryoung

Folks would normally say What

But which isn't wrong

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opti_mized
20 дек. 2019

  • Английский (американский вариант)

As a casual speaker, I would say either. In any case, both of them sound correct to me.

There might be some obscure rule that makes one of them technically incorrect, though...

Hopefully someone with better knowledge of technical English will come along and explain...

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aliyakrushnic
20 дек. 2019

  • Английский (американский вариант)

both are correct, but it depends on the context.

for general, open questions, we’d use B. this means that the question has no specific options to be picked; the answer is broad and you choose how to answer it.

- “I always forget, what year were you born in?”
- “1996.”


for questions that have a specified set of options to pick from, we’d use A. imagine you’re filling out an application or something, and you have to circle one of the answers. this is a situation in which A sounds better

- In which year were you born? 1993, 1994, 1995, or 1996?

- of all the years listed, which were you born in?


also note: adding “in” to the beginning of that sentence is a rather formal phrasing. you may see these on applications, questionnaires, et cetera. in common speak, we would put “in” at the end

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