Stevenukd  +  449980 Wed, 05 Dec 07 04:21 PM - Dear Teachers, 1. What's your favorite kind of animal? 2. What's your favorite animal? - These are the same meaning, right? and which one is more common? Thanks very much to Teachers,  Stevenukd. Stevenukd Joined on Wed, Aug 31 2005 Vietnam Regular Member 946

	Hoa Thai  +  449986 Wed, 05 Dec 07 04:48 PM Hi, They are not the same. When we talk about types of animals, we talk about animal families such as vertebrates, invertebrates, mammal, insects, etc... Best, Hoa Thai Hoa Thai Joined on Mon, Oct 15 2007 Vietnam Contributing Member 1,100 Best Regards - Hoa Thai

	Slider  +  449988 Wed, 05 Dec 07 04:57 PM In my opinion, both of those questions mean the same thing. During a normal conversation, my response would be the same for each question: Question: "What's your favorite animal?" Answer: Dogs. Question: "What's your favorite kind of animal?" Answer: Dogs. Question: "What's your favorite type of animal?" Answer: Dogs. Both ways are perfectly fine.  #2 would probably be more common to hear, but not by much. Slider Joined on Sun, Dec 2 2007 Maryland, USA New Member 17 - Mike from the USA (Native english speaker) Conversations

	Hoa Thai  +  449996 Wed, 05 Dec 07 05:18 PM  Slider wrote: In my opinion, both of those questions mean the same thing. During a normal conversation, my response would be the same for each question: Question: "What's your favorite animal?" Answer: Dogs. Question: "What's your favorite kind of animal?" Answer: Dogs. Question: "What's your favorite type of animal?" Answer: Dogs. Both ways are perfectly fine.  #2 would probably be more common to hear, but not by much. Hi, You are right! In daily conversation, people do not even think of protozoa, or echinoderms; but dogs, cats, etc... However, if asked, "What's your favorite kind of animal?", they could answer, "four-legged kind" - right? Best, Hoa Thai Hoa Thai Conversations

	Slider  +  450063 Wed, 05 Dec 07 08:37 PM  Hoa Thai wrote: Hi, You are right! In daily conversation, people do not even think of protozoa, or echinoderms; but dogs, cats, etc... However, if asked, "What's your favorite kind of animal?", they could answer, "four-legged kind" - right? Best, Hoa Thai You could indeed!  But I would say "four-legged animals" or "four-legged ones" instead of "four-legged kind." Slider Conversations

	Grammar Geek  +  450069 Wed, 05 Dec 07 08:47 PM Hoa Thai - they could, or they could even say, as I have heard people say "Ones that belong to other people." Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,681 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	MrPedantic  +  450086 Wed, 05 Dec 07 09:41 PM  Stevenukd wrote: 1. What's your favorite kind of animal? 2. What's your favorite animal? - These are the same meaning, right? and which one is more common? If the question were put by someone with a special interest in fauna, I would myself find a slight difference here, and take #1 to mean "What's your favourite group of animals?", e.g. members of the cat family, rodents, lepidoptera, warblers, reptiles, etc. Otherwise, I wouldn't necessarily distinguish between the two. (But as I say, much would depend on the question-putter.) MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	Goodman  +  450104 Wed, 05 Dec 07 11:19 PM  Hoa Thai wrote: Hi, They are not the same. When we talk about types of animals, we talk about animal families such as vertebrates, invertebrates, mammal, insects, etc... Best, Hoa Thai I tend to agree with Hoa. True, in normal conversation, most people will get the bulk meaning of the questions. But if we dissect the questions, they are not really the same. "What's your favorite animal?" This implies the entire animal spices spectrum. "What's your favorite kind of animal?" This narrows down the selections, perhaps a four-legged lizard, a two- legged talking cockatiel or even a bottle-nosed dolphin. Goodman Joined on Mon, Nov 7 2005 Senior Member 3,816 The name says it all! Conversations