If I look at a book about vehicles, can I say “What kind of vehicle is it?" to get the answer “It’s a bike." (or a truck, a car, a motorcycle, etc)? Is that question correct or not? How should I ask?
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What kind of vehicle is it? is grammatical, but it might, depending on the circumstances, be more appropriate to say What kind of vehicle is that?
answered May 15, 2012 at 16:17
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thank you. How about" what is it? "it is more appropriate to say "what is that? or what is this?" than " what is it?. Right?– Kid123May 15, 2012 at 22:04
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@Kid123: Impossible to answer a question like that in isolation, and certainly not in a comment. It depends on the circumstances. May 16, 2012 at 6:00
Yes - that is a correct way to ask your question.
You could also ask:
- what sort of...
- what type of...
These are all functionally equivalent ways of asking the same thing.
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Thank you very much every one and Can I ask "What kind of vehicle are they/those/these?" to get the answer “they are bikes." and how about "what kinds of" when can I use it?– Kid123May 15, 2012 at 22:15
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You could also say, 'which type of vehicle is a Jeep Grand Cherokee?' Answer might be: Midsized SUV
But then you would need a list available for them to pick from.
