How does "What would eat for dinner tonight?" sound?

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Would you pass me the salt?Could you help me out?                .                .                .I have learned that 'could' and 'would' can be used for politeness and I was wondering if the following examples should be considered as polite versions or not?What would eat for dinner tonight?What question would you ask?What would you do tomorrow?                       .                       .                       .I do not think those sentences are for politeness and then when could I use those with 'would' instead of 'will'?Thank you so much as usual.

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AnonymousWhat would eat for dinner tonight?

This is not correct, but you can say, "What would you like to eat for dinner tonight?" This is a more polite version of "What do you want to eat for dinner tonight?"

AnonymousWhat question would you ask?

This is correct. It's not the 'would' of politeness, however. It's simply part of an implicit conditional. It supposes (imagines) a situation in which you have an opportunity to ask a question.

AnonymousWhat would you do tomorrow?

This strikes me as slightly anomalous. 'tomorrow' suggests the future, and asking what someone would do suggests that you want to know their plans. For plans we use 'going to' rather than 'will'. So the more idiomatic version is "What are you going to do tomorrow?"

CJ

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