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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
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"What do you think about?"
A : Let's go to the movies tonight.
B : What about the exam tomorrow?
A : I have finished cleaning my room.
B : What about your homework?
I think that "what about" is a short version of "what do you think about" so I also can rewrite them as "What do you think about the exam tomorrow?" and "What do you think about your homework?" Or sometimes "what do you think about" covers the meaning of "what about", but we cannot replace each other here?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much in advance.
B : What about the exam tomorrow?
A : I have finished cleaning my room.
B : What about your homework?
I think that "what about" is a short version of "what do you think about" so I also can rewrite them as "What do you think about the exam tomorrow?" and "What do you think about your homework?" Or sometimes "what do you think about" covers the meaning of "what about", but we cannot replace each other here?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much in advance.
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Hans51 I think that "what about" is a short version of "what do you think about" No, that's not a particularly accurate paraphrase. Try these instead: But aren't you forgetting ...? But aren't you failing to take into consideration ...?
- Hans51 I think that "what about" is a short version of "what do you think about" No, that's not a particularly accurate paraphrase.
- Try these instead: But aren't you forgetting ...?
- But aren't you failing to take into consideration ...?
- CJ
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Hans51I think that "what about" is a short version of "what do you think about"No, that's not a particularly accurate paraphrase.
Try these instead:
But aren't you forgetting ...?
But aren't you failing to take into consideration ...?
CJ
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