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Carter Lee Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

I'm confusing usage between "what does it mean" and "what is it meaning"

Dear all,


I'm confusing the usage about "what does it mean" and "what is it meaning".

Would you please explain me what circumstance do we use those expression?

I'm so confusing this

  

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Carter Lee I'm confused about the usage of " What does it mean ? " and " What is its meaning ? Would you please explain me what circumstance do we use those expression?

— Mister Micawber

  • Carter Lee I'm confused about the usage of " What does it mean ?
  • " and " What is its meaning ?
  • Would you please explain me what circumstance do we use those expression?
  • I'm so confused about this They mean the same and they are used in the same circumstance: when you don't know what something means.
  • The first is the native choice.
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Carter LeeI'm confused about the usage of "What does it mean?" and "What is its meaning?".Would you please explain me what
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It is much the same as the difference between these two:

When do we meet?
When is the meeting?

The first uses a inflected (finite) verb form of "meet" and the second the non-finite form.

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