"à choisir quoi regarder"...

Question

Every time I do this exercise I make the mistake of translating 'who helped viewers chose what to watch' as 'qui aidaient les téléspectateurs à choisir ce que regarder' rather than 'quoi regarder'. Why is quoi the preferred translation?

Alan Graham · Accepted Answer

The difference is that ce que introduces a relative clause, so it needs a subject and conjugated verb. You would have to say something like   ... à choisir ce qu'ils regardent.
https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/ce-que-what-which-relative-pronouns
ATTENTION: Case of quoi
 
Quoi will be used when what is followed by an infinitive = "what to do, what to think...":

Maarten Kamp · Answer

Tom, check this lesson. ‘Quoi’ when followed by infinitive. https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/ce-que-what-which-relative-pronouns?

Tom Adair · Answer

Thanks Alan, thanks Maarten :)