What is the difference between "what about you?" and "How are you?" ?
Here's one difference. When two friends meet in the street, the first person to speak sometimes says eg Hi Tom, how are you? The first person to speak never says What about you?
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Here's one difference.
When two friends meet in the street, the first person to speak sometimes says eg Hi Tom, how are you?
The first person to speak never says What about you? But the second person to speak can respond to How are you? by saying eg Fine, thanks, what about you?
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