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PonyFan Posted 13 years ago
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What's that for? vs What's that?
If you don't mind, please watch the 03:05 part of the following cartoon .
In the scene a purple unicorn says "What's that for?" and if you exchange it for "What's that?", does the meaning or nuance of the line change? Thank you very much in advance!
In the scene a purple unicorn says "What's that for?" and if you exchange it for "What's that?", does the meaning or nuance of the line change? Thank you very much in advance!
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", does the meaning change? Yes. What’s that for?
- ", does the meaning change?
- Yes.
- What’s that for?
- (˜ What are you going to do with that?
- ) What’s that?
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PonyFanIn the scene a purple unicorn says "What's that for?" If you exchange it for "What's that?", does the meaning change?Yes.
What’s that for? (˜ What are you going to do with that? What is its purpose?)
What’s that? (Is it a hat? Is it a pizza?)
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