Which interrogative pronoun should replace the blank space in the following sentence?: ___ would you prefer, coffee or tea?
1 Answer
Mar 20, 2016
"Which" should be used.
Explanation:
"What" should be used when there is an unknown or uncountable amount of objects being referred to.
"Which" is used when choosing between a limited number of items.
In this example, there are only two options: coffee or tea. Thus, "which" is used.
We can also use the way you phrased this very question to answer this question: you said, "Which interrogative pronoun..."
Since there are a limited amount of interrogative pronouns to choose from, "which" is used.
