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What is the difference between Is there anything wrong with it? and What's wrong with it? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Is there anything wrong with it? and What's wrong with it? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Asking whether there's anything wrong with it basically insists on a yes or no being the answer. Asking "what's" wrong with it however, asks the person to specify what is wrong with that thing, implying you know there is something wrong with it already and wish the user to specify "what" is wrong.
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If you are sales clerk, customer says "Could I return this?".Like that situation,which sentence is better?
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Asking whether there's anything wrong with it basically insists on a yes or no being the answer. Asking "what's" wrong with it however, asks the person to specify what is wrong with that thing, implying you know there is something wrong with it already and wish the user to specify "what" is wrong.
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