What's the difference between 'What about you?' and 'How about you?'
What's the difference between 'What about you?' and 'How about you?'
Is there any differences in meaning?
Thanks a lot for your help in advance. Have a nice day!
Hyunwook
There's no real difference. If any it is only slight. And in spoken English we use both. Sometimes I say what about you and other times how about you.
The only time I'd really pick one over the other is something like this:
'How about you?' - if someone asks 'how are you?' Id so fine, how about you? A how question followed by a reply with how.
'What about you?' - someone asks 'what are you up to today?' Me: I'm going to play football. What about you? A what question followed by the what response.
But in the end you can still use either.
I hope this helps.
8 lipca 2015
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I can't add anything to Jessica's explanation, but I can't resist adding a cultural note.
There's a nice old song entitled "How About You?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgoG5o7Jsk4
I like New York in June, how about you?
I like a Gershwin tune, how about you?
I love a fireside when a storm is due
I like potato chips, moonlight, motor trips, how about you?
I'm mad about good books, can't get my fill
And James Durantes looks give me a thrill
Holding hands in the movie show
When all the lights are low may not be new
But I like it, how about you?
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