What is the difference between saying:
A: Which meal do you want, Sir?
B: Number 4. I don't know what the name is.A: Which meal do you want, Sir?
B: Number 4. I don't know what it's called.
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What is the difference between saying:
A: Which meal do you want, Sir?
B: Number 4. I don't know what the name is.A: Which meal do you want, Sir?
B: Number 4. I don't know what it's called.
Best Answer
For most listeners, the two examples will communicate the same thing, that speaker B doesn't know the name of meal #4. Technically, of course, B might know the name but not know what the name is or what the meal is called, etc. Here is a classic example, that illustrates several distinctions: