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    What is the difference between "What is the most important..." and "Which is the most important..."?

    Question #63985. Asked by loominitsa.

    zbeckabee

    WHAT inquires as to the identity or nature of a person, object or matter...on the other hand...WHICH asks what one or ones out of a group.

    Mar 27 06, 2:19 PM
    Baloo55th

    'Which' has a certain implication that you are narrowing the field and are about to suggest possible answers, while 'what' implies that it is up to the answerer to find out the possibilities without help.

    Mar 28 06, 10:10 AM

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