New torments I behold, and new tormented
Around me, whichsoever way I move,
And whichsoever way I turn, and gaze.
—Longfellow (From Dante).
151. The INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES are which and what. They may be used in direct and indirect questions. As in the pronouns, which is selective among what is known; what inquires about things or persons not known.
In direct questions.
Sentences with which and what in direct questions:—
Which debt must I pay first, the debt to the rich, or the debt to the poor?—Emerson.
But when the Trojan war comes, which side will you take? —Thackeray.
But what books in the circulating library circulate?—Lowell.
What beckoning ghost along the moonlight shade
Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade?
—Pope.
In indirect questions.
Sentences with which and what in indirect questions:—