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Teleostomi Posted 20 years ago
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How do you think?

A. How did you get here?
B. By car. How do you think?
A. I thought maybe you walked.

A. Why do you always get good grades?
B. I study. How do you think?
Do you think by saying "How do you think?" B is expressing the same idea as "Why do you ask?"
  

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No, or at least not directly, Teleostomi. In your first group of sentences the question means " How do you think I got here ? " This answer usually suggests that the person thinks the question was unnecessary and/or that the answer to the question is obvious.

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  • No, or at least not directly, Teleostomi.
  • In your first group of sentences the question means " How do you think I got here ?
  • " This answer usually suggests that the person thinks the question was unnecessary and/or that the answer to the question is obvious.
  • A.
  • Why do you always get good grades?
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No, or at least not directly, Teleostomi.

In your first group of sentences the question means "How do you think I got here?"
This answer usually suggests that the person thinks the question was unnecessary and/or that the answer to the question is obvious.


A. Why do you always get good grades?
B. I study. How
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"How, do you think" is informal

It is like "How? -- do you think."

"What do you think" is better here.
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Inchoateknowledge"How, do you think" is informal

It is like "How? -- do you think."

"What do you think" is better here.

Not at all. "How" means by which method or form (of transport), for example). "What" means what is your view/opinion, there.
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