Reply to: What vs which?

[OwlHoot]

Every time I see a poll - e.g. what Porsche do you drive? my inner voice tells me that it should be which.

I can't find any nice website that explains it succinctly, but I would always go for which if presenting a set of options to choose from.

Am I right, or is what perfectly acceptable?

Poll to follow.

I think you're right, but possibly both are OK.

You could try asking about it on english.stackexchange.com

[TimberWolf]

The grammar or the context?

Whichever. Whatever.

[SimonMac]

That sounds wrong to me.

The grammar or the context?

[TimberWolf]

Which is the best way to subdue a unwilling sexual partner, rohypnol or chloroform?

That sounds wrong to me.

[Diver]

Which is the best way to subdue a unwilling sexual partner, rohypnol or chloroform?

A brick

[SimonMac]

I always go on if its an open question you use what.

What are you doing to me?

And which if it is the choice between limited options.

Which is the best way to subdue a unwilling sexual partner, rohypnol or chloroform?

[Diver]

Lost your sense of humour? Left it up a sheep?

[Old Greg]

Good to see you Running Mouth Without Thinking.

Good to see you Leaking Bum Without Manpon.

[bobspud]

Glad Im not the only pedant on here.

I regularly ignore project deadlines that are set with the question "Can you do X by Y?"

Yes I can...
But no I won't...

I leave it to the project manager to figure out what just happened to them

[BrilloPad]

Lost your sense of humour? Left it up a sheep?

[darmstadt]

If you said, 'Which should I I key?' then. 'which' is a pronominal usage. The noun is understood: 'which car', 'which one', 'which porsche'.

What are you, a pirate or something?

[SupremeSpod]

Hmm!

Tut tut tut

Lost your sense of humour? Left it up a sheep?

[Old Hack]

No, Yes, No.

[Diver]

AtW is Russian, English isn't his first language so might I suggest, nicely, THAT YOU GET OFF HIS BACK BITCH!

Hmm!

Tut tut tut

[TimberWolf]