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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
What do you want?
Hi,
When someone comes to your house, knocks on the door and you opened it, then you will usually ask him "What do you want?" or "What are you doing here?".
What is the difference between the two expressions?
Thanks in advance.
When someone comes to your house, knocks on the door and you opened it, then you will usually ask him "What do you want?" or "What are you doing here?".
What is the difference between the two expressions?
Thanks in advance.
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". Only if you are very rude! "What are you doing here" would be said to someone you know.
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- Only if you are very rude!
- "What are you doing here" would be said to someone you know.
- "What do you want" could be to someone you know or to a stranger.
- Both are extremely impolite.
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Anonymous then you will usually ask him "What do you want?" or "What are you doing here?".Only if you are very rude!
"What are you doing here" would be said to someone you know. "What do you want" could be to someone you know or to a stranger. Both are extremely impolite.
You can open the door and if you don't recognize the people there, stan
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You would usually say 'What do you want?' to someone who was unknown to you, although it is a little abrupt. 'Can I help you?' is more polite.
You would say 'What are you doing here?' to someone who was known to you.
JW
You would say 'What are you doing here?' to someone who was known to you.
JW
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