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Sunny123 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

What about you? & How about you?

Hello everyone. Is there any difference between the following two?

1. What about you?
&
2.How about you?
?
  

Top answer

Hi There's no difference. Both are friendly responses: - Hi, how's it going? - I'm good, what about you?

— Dave_anon

  • Hi There's no difference.
  • Both are friendly responses: - Hi, how's it going?
  • - I'm good, what about you?
  • - I'm good, how about you?
  • - Yeah, I'm well thanks Dave
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Hi

There's no difference. Both are friendly responses:

- Hi, how's it going?

- I'm good, what about you?

- I'm good, how about you?

- Yeah, I'm well thanks

Dave
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dave_anonHiThere's no difference. Both are friendly responses:- Hi, how's it going?- I'm good, what about you?- I'm good, how about you?- Yeah, I'm well thanksDave
Thank you Dave. Are the following two conversations correct?

CONVERSATION ONE
A: I have an umbrella, what about you? B: I have an umbrella,too.
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CONVERSATION TWO
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Yes, though you need a period instead of a comma.

My favorite movie is Casablanca. What/How about you? == What's your favorite movie?
I like dark chocolate more than milk chocolate. What/How about you? = Which type of chocolate do you prefer?
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Hi

The first, ever so slightly, works better: I have an umbrella, what about you?

It's one of those sentences that grammarians can't explain. The 'what' doesn't really refer back to the umbrella, but it sounds as though it should

Dave
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