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Healer Posted 5 years ago
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What do you want with us?
How is the above different from the following in terms of the usage and meaning if the following is grammatically correct? Thanks!
“What do you want from us??
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healer What do you want from us? What do you want with us? To me they look the same.
- healer What do you want from us?
- What do you want with us?
- To me they look the same.
- They are both correct, and they are variants of the same idea.
- If you use 'from' it suggests that the person spoken to wants to take something from you or wants you to give them something, whether you're willing or not.
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healerWhat do you want from us?
What do you want with us?
To me they look the same. They are both correct, and they are variants of the same idea.
If you use 'from' it suggests that the person spoken to wants to take something from you or wants you to give them something, whether you're willing or not.
If you use 'with' it suggests that the
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