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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
What's your job? VS. What do you do?
A : What's your job?
B : What do you do?
Which one is natural and commonly used among native English speakers?
I think that the B can have many meanings like
What do you do after school? What do you do in the evening?
But the A has only one meaning asking your job, so the A is used by me a lot.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
B : What do you do?
Which one is natural and commonly used among native English speakers?
I think that the B can have many meanings like
What do you do after school? What do you do in the evening?
But the A has only one meaning asking your job, so the A is used by me a lot.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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While B can have other specific meanings within a context, if asked outside a context it would normally be understood to be asking about the person's job. ". " as an "out-of-the-blue" question.
- While B can have other specific meanings within a context, if asked outside a context it would normally be understood to be asking about the person's job.
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- " as an "out-of-the-blue" question.
- To me, it seems to need a context in which some information has already been obtained.
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While B can have other specific meanings within a context, if asked outside a context it would normally be understood to be asking about the person's job. In practice, I think I would most often say "What sort of work do you do?" or possibly "What do you do for a living?". I would not use "What's your job?" as an "out-of-the-blue" question. To me, it seems to need a context in which some informati
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