What are you mean?
Hello. I think it should be "What do you mean?".
But I found the expression "What are you mean?" and
the writer said this is widely used in UK.
It may be true that many people use this expression there,
but can we say it is correct?
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Kenta Hello. ". " and the writer said this is widely used in UK.
- Kenta Hello.
- ".
- " and the writer said this is widely used in UK.
- It may be true that many people use this expression there, but can we say it is correct?
- ", even when it is set to search the British English corpus, so I am very doubtful that it is widely used in the UK.
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KentaHello. I think it should be "What do you mean?".
But I found the expression "What are you mean?" and
the writer said this is widely used in UK.
It may be true that many people use this expression there,
but can we say it is correct?
Google Books Ngrams has no instances of "What are you mean?", even when it is set to searc
0Kentathe writer said this is widely used in UK.
You need the before UK. Apart from that, the writer was wrong. From a British perspective, the quote stands out as obviously from a non-native English speaker. It is as obvious as if it had flashing lights and a siren.
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