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how about&what about
How about you? What about you? I 'd like some ice cream,how about you?/ what about you?
Please telll me the difference about how about and what about.
Mar 24, 2017 9:15 AM
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1. 'How about..?' and 'What about..?' can be used interchangeably when you are making a suggestion:
What should we have for dinner? How about pizza?
What should we have for dinner? What about pizza?
Additionally, 'What about...?' can be used in the sense of 'Wait a moment, haven't you forgotten ...?' :
2. 'Then we can all walk down to the beach for a picnic.'
'What about grandma? She can't walk that far.'
'Oh, of course. Silly me. Well, let's go to a restaurant instead.'
You can't use 'How about..?' in this sense.
March 24, 2017
In English spoken language people use the terms - perhaps incorrectly - interchangeably.
March 24, 2017
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