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Dominik Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
What is your job?
I have read in the Longman dictionary:
Don't say "What's your job?" or "What's your work?" Say "What do you do? or What do you do for a living?
Why cannot I say "What's your job?"?
Thanks in advance!
Don't say "What's your job?" or "What's your work?" Say "What do you do? or What do you do for a living?
Why cannot I say "What's your job?"?
Thanks in advance!
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Hello Dominik It's perfectly grammatical; but it would be considered impolite, like any other direct question about a person's money, status, religion, or political opinions. " is more oblique: it allows the addressee to evade the question, if he wants. MrP
- Hello Dominik It's perfectly grammatical; but it would be considered impolite, like any other direct question about a person's money, status, religion, or political opinions.
- " is more oblique: it allows the addressee to evade the question, if he wants.
- MrP
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Hello Dominik
It's perfectly grammatical; but it would be considered impolite, like any other direct question about a person's money, status, religion, or political opinions.
"What do you do (for a living)?" is more oblique: it allows the addressee to evade the question, if he wants.
MrP
It's perfectly grammatical; but it would be considered impolite, like any other direct question about a person's money, status, religion, or political opinions.
"What do you do (for a living)?" is more oblique: it allows the addressee to evade the question, if he wants.
MrP
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