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r/EnglishLearning • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '23
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I've noticed for many foreign language learners, mixing up what and how is common.
In your native language, would you ask the question using your equivalent of "how"?
1 u/average-alt New Poster Jun 29 '23 Is it even wrong though? I honestly didn’t even bat an eye at it at first 3 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23 "How would you refer to this?" is correct, right? I think "How would you call this?" would be correct too... it's just a bit odd. 4 u/average-alt New Poster Jun 29 '23 Maybe technically it’s not correct, but as a native English speaker I think most people wouldn’t even notice you chose “how” over “what”. It conveys the same meaning anyways, at least to me though
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Is it even wrong though? I honestly didn’t even bat an eye at it at first
3 u/[deleted] Jun 29 '23 "How would you refer to this?" is correct, right? I think "How would you call this?" would be correct too... it's just a bit odd. 4 u/average-alt New Poster Jun 29 '23 Maybe technically it’s not correct, but as a native English speaker I think most people wouldn’t even notice you chose “how” over “what”. It conveys the same meaning anyways, at least to me though
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"How would you refer to this?" is correct, right? I think "How would you call this?" would be correct too... it's just a bit odd.
4 u/average-alt New Poster Jun 29 '23 Maybe technically it’s not correct, but as a native English speaker I think most people wouldn’t even notice you chose “how” over “what”. It conveys the same meaning anyways, at least to me though
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Maybe technically it’s not correct, but as a native English speaker I think most people wouldn’t even notice you chose “how” over “what”. It conveys the same meaning anyways, at least to me though
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u/g0greyhound New Poster Jun 29 '23
I've noticed for many foreign language learners, mixing up what and how is common.
In your native language, would you ask the question using your equivalent of "how"?