- A: Do you like this tie?
B: Yes.
A: Do you like that tie?
B: It's okay.
A:
B: This one. (I'm going to buy this one.)
- A: Tony and I went shopping. I got some new shoes.
B:
A: A tie. (Tony got a tie.)
- A: Did you enjoy your trip to Europe?
B: Yes, I did. Very much.
A:
B: Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Italy. (I visited Poland, Germany,
Czechoslovakia, and Italy.)*
A:
B: Poland. (I enjoyed visiting Poland the most.)
QUESTION Whose asks about possession.*
Notice in (a): The speaker of the
question may omit the noun
meaning is clear to
COMPARE
(d) Who's that?
(e) Whose is that?
Mary Smith.
Mary's.
Who's and he have the same
pronunciation.
Who's = a contraction of who is.
Whose = asks about possession.
'See Charts 6-1 1, p. 173, and 6-12, p. 176, for ways of expressing possession.
'The diffemce between what cmnwy and which coumy in often very amall.
Chapter chapter 5 ASKING QUESTIONS
