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What is the difference between she ask me what my job was and she asked me what I do for living ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between she ask me what my job was and she asked me what I do for living ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Someone said "what is your job" sounded like the police or agent at custom in the airport asked you.
So in day to day life, I think the later one is better. What do you think?
So in day to day life, I think the later one is better. What do you think?
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I agree...What do you do for a living? Or just What do you do? is used rather than What is your job? in this context. Even for formal questioning, I think How are you employed? or What is your profession? is used. (Except perhaps customs agents talking to foreigners...)
What is your job? in colloquial English is more often used to ask what your assigned task is, rather than to ask about how you are employed.
For example,
The clients are coming in for the presentation today. I'm photocopying all the reports. What is your job? I'm setting up the conference room.
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