What /Where is your favorite place in the world?

[Winwin2011]

[FONT=新細明體][/FONT][FONT=新細明體]1. What is your favorite place in the world?[/FONT]
[FONT=新細明體][/FONT]2. Where is your favorite place in the world?

Are the above sentences both correct?
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[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.


They are both correct, but it depends what you mean.


1. is my natural choice.


If you ask me question 2. and I answer 'Paris', I've told you that my favourite place is in Paris, but you still don't know what my favourite place is.

 

[Matthew Wai]

The answer to 1 is: 'My favorite place is Paris'.
The answer to 2 is: 'My favorite place is in Paris', which means 'My favorite place is somewhere in Paris'.
Are they correct?
Not a teacher.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.


That's how I would understand them.

 

[probus]

The answer to 1 is: 'My favorite place is Paris'.
The answer to 2 is: 'My favorite place is in Paris', which means 'My favorite place is somewhere in Paris'.
Are they correct?
Not a teacher.

Matthew Wai has introduced a correct and subtle distinction. But by and large I would disagree with Roman55. In rough and ready everyday usage they are equivalent.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I agree with Probus. I don't think many people would intend that distinction when they ask the question.

 

[konungursvia]

Not entirely off-topic: my favourite place in the world is probably Lamma Island, Hong Kong.