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10 May 2014
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What is the difference between How about ... ? and What about ... ? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between How about ... ? and What about ... ? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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In general, "How about" tends to be used with verbs to make suggestions, while "what about" is used with nouns to ask someone to pick a choice.
1. How about running tomorrow? (Suggestion)
2. What about these shoes? (One possible choice)
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Thank you very much. This kind of information is really difficult to get, even in the dictionary.
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