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What is the difference between What ... is this? and What is this ...? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between What ... is this? and What is this ...? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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What book is this? Suggests you know what the possible answers might be, e.g you know there is a Russian book and a Ukranian book, but you don't speak either language and you don't know which book is which.
What is this book? Means you have no prior knowledge about what the book is about.
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I'd add that "what is this book" can also be used an exclamation.
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