The main difference between the two is that, how is used to know the manner in which something has happened, whereas what is used to find out about something or the description of a thing or situation. For example: ‘What did you buy at the market?
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How about VS What about meaning?
The key difference between how about and what about is that how about is used with suggestions whereas what about is used with potential problems.
Where do we use what?
We use what to ask questions and as a pronoun and determiner.
How do you use which or what?
You can use which when you have a very small or limited field to choose from. Certainly use which, not what, when there are only two choices, or if both speaker and listener can visualize all the items under consideration: For example: “Which foot did you break?”
What is the difference between Why and why not?
When we ask ourselves “Why?” we need a good reason to do it. If we don’t come up with one, our default response is to NOT DO IT. When we ask ourselves “Why not?” we need a good reason not to do it. If we don’t come up with one, our default response is to DO IT.
How do you respond to How about you?
If the cashier at the store asks “How you doing?” as you pay for your things, you should respond “Good, how about you?” or “Doing fine, and you?” or “Good, how about yourself?” And they’ll respond with… yep, you guessed it: “Good, thanks.” Or “Fine thanks.”
How about or how’s about?
The first edition of this dictionary (1961) reported that “how’s about” means “how about,” suggesting that the apostrophe-s is simply an instance of proparalepsis (adding an extra syllable or letters to the end of a word).
Is how a WH question?
Wh- questions usually start with a word beginning with wh-, but “how” is also included. The wh- words are: what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why, and how.
How do you question words?
How is the question word ‘how’ used?
- “How …?” asks for the manner: “How are you?”
- “How + adjective …?”
- “How + adverb …?” asks ‘how’ an action or the like is done or performed:
- “How much …?” asks for the amount of something uncountable:
- “How many …?” asks for the number of countable things:
What is a better word for Which?
In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for which, like: that, and which, and-that, whichever, what, who, whatever, thus, for-which, therefore and whereby.
What is the correct grammar?
Correct grammar includes the proper use of syntax, spelling and parts of speech, among other sentence elements. Grammar considers the way individuals use language. As such, the impact of correct grammar is most apparent when one speaks or creates a written text or composition.
Which type or what type?
Both are correct. It depends whether you are asking a general question – what type – or a question about a limited set of chair types – which type of chair. This is the normal distinction between which and what in questions. See What and which when asking questions.
Which is or which are examples?
Both are correct as “which is” refers to “a single item, as the verb is in the singular, (is)”. The second one “which are”refers to “two or more items as the verb is in the plural form (are)”. “Which is” your car?
What is the difference between 3 and 5?
if we are told to find the difference between 3 and 5, then we usually subtract 3 from 5 ,5-3=2 and thus, we say that the difference is 2.
Is it whys or why’s?
noun, plural whys. a question concerning the cause or reason for which something is done, achieved, etc.: a child’s unending hows and whys. the cause or reason: the whys and wherefores of a troublesome situation.
Is Cannot a contraction?
Can’t is a contraction of cannot, and it’s best suited for informal writing. In formal writing and where contractions are frowned upon, use cannot. It is possible to write can not, but you generally find it only as part of some other construction, such as “not only . . . but also.”
Can we say how is you?
How are you ? is correct. (There will always be some people who just do not want to follow grammar rules, thinking they are unique, starting a new slang, etc. but you as a language learner do not follow them.) It would be incorrect to say “How is you?” according to the rules of English grammar.
How do you respond to a flirty way?
11 Flirty Responses to “What’s Up?”
- Better now that I’m hearing from you!
- Feeling pretty beautiful/handsome today, but not as beautiful/handsome as you are!
- I’m really busy, but counting down the hours until (insert the date when you’ll see them again).
- I was just thinking of you and wondering how you look today.
How is you vs how are you?
“how are you” is the correct sentence. so, with the pronoun ‘you’ , be it for singular or plural, it is always “ how are you”.
What is origin of how?
As a truncated form of the now obsolete how is it about, how about appears almost simutaneously in the mid- to late 1820s in Britain and America as an alternative to what about.
How about U means?
Definition of how about you
—used to ask someone to tell one something in response to what one has just said I like skiing and hiking. How about you? What do you like? I’m ready to go. How about you?