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What's the difference between" what for" and " for what"?
Sometimes I hear people say " What for", but sometimes people say" For what", However, these two phrases have the same Chinese translation, so I'm confused, I think there must be some differences between them!
Thanks for your help!
2010년 11월 23일 오후 12:05
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As i imagine
-John, I'm taking your bike. You are punished!
-For what?!
-Mike, could you please visit aunt Mary?
-What for?
2010년 11월 23일
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Arucard303 has it down. "For what?" implies some kind of strong disagreement or objection to whatever he is asking about. "What for?" is just a less formal way of saying "Why?". It does not imply disagreement. This is not set in stone, though. You could add or subtract emotion to either phrase to make use of it in the other sense.
2010년 11월 23일
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I think this is just slang, and that they have the same meaning.
In writing, I would use:
"Why.."
"For what reason..." (Possibly the origin of the slang expression)
2010년 11월 23일
Order of the words.
2010년 11월 23일
Rather "what for" has a stronger tone. Like "what do you want for me, for ef's sake!" vs. "you want me to tell you what, god damn it?!"
2010년 11월 23일
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