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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
asking about what someone's profession / work is
Hi there beloved members of the Forum!
A.a) What does your father do for a living?
(Is it possible to substitute the above question with the following ways, please?)
b) What is the occupation of your father?
c) What is the profession of your father?
d) What's your father professionally?
B.a) My father is an editor.
(Could "B" also say the following sentences in reply to the question asked by "A" above if his/her father's occupation is editing, please?)
b) He is (working) / works as an editor.
c) He is an editor by profession. / He is an editor professionally.
Is there any difference between asking somebody what s/he does for a living and what s/he is professionally, please?
Thank you.
A.a) What does your father do for a living?
(Is it possible to substitute the above question with the following ways, please?)
b) What is the occupation of your father?
c) What is the profession of your father?
d) What's your father professionally?
B.a) My father is an editor.
(Could "B" also say the following sentences in reply to the question asked by "A" above if his/her father's occupation is editing, please?)
b) He is (working) / works as an editor.
c) He is an editor by profession. / He is an editor professionally.
Is there any difference between asking somebody what s/he does for a living and what s/he is professionally, please?
Thank you.
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)b) What is the occupation of your father? c) What is the profession of your father? d) What's your father professionally?
- )b) What is the occupation of your father?
- c) What is the profession of your father?
- d) What's your father professionally?
- The first is rather stuffy; the second is stuffy and embarrassing if the father does not have a job worthy of being called a 'profession'.
- The third is wrong.
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Laborious(Is it possible to substitute the above question with the following ways, please?)b) What is the occupation of your father? c) What is the profession of your father?d) What's your father professionally?The first is rather stuffy; the second is stuffy and embarrassing if the father does not have a job worthy of being called a 'profession
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