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What is the difference between A: How was the girl you met yesterday? and B: What was the girl you met yesterday like? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between A: How was the girl you met yesterday? and B: What was the girl you met yesterday like? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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The first sentence is more of a closed-ended questions, with answers like "She was fine." or "She wasn't so nice." While option B seems to ask more in depth about the girl, with answers like "She was great, we have a lot in common", etc.
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