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Rachid84b
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Hi all, hope you are fine. concerning family relations, what do we say: Who is (X) to (Y)? or what is (X) to (Y)? e.g: Who/ what is John to Mary? John is Mary �s husband. Thanks in advance |
28 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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If I was asking this myself, I �d ask "How is John related to Mary?" Of the options you included, they would probably both be acceptable, but I think that �s partly because they are abbreviated questions that would be understood in context. Of the two I �d lean towards "What is John to Mary?" as the one that would be used more often of the two. Tap |
28 Oct 2015
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lockman
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what is X to Y ? is most probably what I would use .The reason is that we are talking here about "a relation".IN OTHER WORDS what is the relation of X to Y? |
28 Oct 2015
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zahroucha
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What is the relationship between John and Mary? |
29 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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I think they �re just good friends Zahroucha. ;-)
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