<p>I personally do not see any difference between the following two interrogative sentences. If there is no more context, I do not see preferences on which one to use over the other. In fact, you can have “了” also in the first sentence, which still makes no difference (see #3). As to the word “的”, it is the result of a reduction of the word “人” or “那个人”. It also uses the inversed form of the question. Otherwise, it would be like #4.</p>
<p>(1) 是谁把你送到机场的？</p>
<p>(2) 谁把你送到了机场？</p>
<p>(3) 是谁把你送到机场了？</p>
<p>(4) 把你送到机场的那个人是谁？</p>

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2023-07-31T18:45:53.073Z
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PdotWang
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<li><p>是谁把你送到机场的？ Who escorted/accompanied you to the airport?</p>
</li>
<li><p>是谁把你送到了机场？- Who escorted/accompanied you to (reach/arrive at) the airport?</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Note that 送到 simply means &quot;send/escort/accompany to&quot;, however, it implies &quot;send/escort/accompany someone/something to reach/arrive at the destination&quot; when modified by 了, which indicated the completion of the act.</p>

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r13
<p>Both of them is correct,他们之间基本上没有区别，你都可以说。</p>

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showkey
<p>When to prefer “是……的”· over “了”? Which one of the following is correct?</p>
<ul>
<li>是谁把你送到机场的？</li>
<li>谁把你送到了机场？</li>
</ul>

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2023-07-31T17:00:08.177Z
The 了 sentence could mean implicitly that you're supposed to go somewhere where else but someone mistakenly took you to the airport.
lilysirius
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When to prefer “是……的” over “了” in “是谁把你送到机场的？” or “谁把你送到了机场？”?
# When to prefer “是……的” over “了” in “是谁把你送到机场的？” or “谁把你送到了机场？”?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-07-31)

When to prefer “是……的”· over “了”? Which one of the following is correct?

* 是谁把你送到机场的？
* 谁把你送到了机场？

**Tags:** grammar, meaning

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The 了 sentence could mean implicitly that you're supposed to go somewhere where else but someone mistakenly took you to the airport.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2023-07-31. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I personally do not see any difference between the following two interrogative sentences. If there is no more context, I do not see preferences on which one to use over the other. In fact, you can have “了” also in the first sentence, which still makes no difference (see #3). As to the word “的”, it is the result of a reduction of the word “人” or “那个人”. It also uses the inversed form of the question. Otherwise, it would be like #4.

(1) 是谁把你送到机场的？

(2) 谁把你送到了机场？

(3) 是谁把你送到机场了？

(4) 把你送到机场的那个人是谁？


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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-07-31. Score: 1

* 是谁把你送到机场的？ Who escorted/accompanied you to the airport?
* 是谁把你送到了机场？- Who escorted/accompanied you to (reach/arrive at) the airport?

Note that 送到 simply means "send/escort/accompany to", however, it implies "send/escort/accompany someone/something to reach/arrive at the destination" when modified by 了, which indicated the completion of the act.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2023-08-05. Score: 0

Both of them is correct,他们之间基本上没有区别，你都可以说。


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