Learn English – What / Which would you like more of

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If you present someone with four options to choose from (and they can only choose one), should you say:

"What would you like more of?" or "Which would you like more of?"

Would the answer change if you were offering nouns (pie, coffee, etc.) or intangibles (power, speed, etc.)?

Best Answer

Both are possible. Which limits the choice to just one of the options provided, while what doesn't limit it either to a single choice or even necessarily to those options.

But in colloquial use (at least in my British dialect) what is much more likely, unless you are wanting to make it clear that they may only choose one.

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