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sdgstscsth
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Could you please check it for me ?

Post by sdgstscsth »

1:What kind of programming language are you using ?

2:What kind of program language are you using ?

3:what kind of language program are you using ?

I don't know which one is correct.If you know,Please explain it.
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Post by shokin »

When I read these three sentences (questions), I understand :

1. What language of programmation are you using ? (html, php, java...)

2. What language of your (of a specific) program are you using ? (maybe should you ask the question to someone who knows about informatic ; I am not sure to understand the difference between 1 and 2)

3. What program are you using to learn one language ?

Maybe I am wrong, totally in the field.

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Post by vince90 »

I am in the field.

Number 1 and 2 are correct. More people use number 1 than 2. Number 3 is rare to use. I don’t hear much people use it. However when two persons in the same computer field are talking, they may drop out the word programming. “What language are you using?” “What language are you writing for your applications?”
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Re: Could you please check it for me ?

Post by ProfessorVerb »

sdgstscsth wrote:1:What kind of programming language are you using ?

2:What kind of program language are you using ?

3:what kind of language program are you using ?

I don't know which one is correct.If you know,Please explain it.
Number one above is the "most" correct. Number two is ackward at best and wrong at worst, and number three means something entirely different ("what kind of language program ..." might refer, perhaps, to a ESL computer application, for example.)

I hope that helped :)
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