2006-07-14 14:20:50 · 17 answers · asked by raha p 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It really depends on what you are trying to say. Everyone assumes that what you are trying to say is: what you are doing, or what are you doing.
Once example where it would be okay to say that is this. Say someone asks why they get on your nerves. You might say that they make rude noises, etc.. You can say, when you do WHAT YOU DO, it makes you offensive.
Maybe I over analyzed the question!
2006-07-14 14:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by candace 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-22 00:12:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not unless you are asking someone "what you do" for a living. In the context you are asking about though, it is proper to use the present participle (gerund), because you are speaking about something that is still happening in the current moment.
Thus, 'What are you doing?' is correct.
2006-07-14 22:31:48 · answer #3 · answered by HoneyB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you are genuinely unsure about whether or not that phrase is acceptable, you couldn't possibly have a serious interest in the use of proper english.
Just keep using your ghetto slang and maybe someday you'll get to be manager of your local KFC.
2006-07-14 21:32:42 · answer #4 · answered by jc1129_us 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"What you do?" is very poor spoken English. It is sub standard English and if you want a successful adult career, you will speak correct English. You will say, "What do you do?"
2006-07-14 21:23:48 · answer #5 · answered by WhatAmI? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. That's not the proper way to say it. Some people (me, for instance), take 'What you do' as part of a sentence such as "I like what you do." or "I don't care what you do." If I wanted to know what someone was doing, I'd ask, "Hey, what are you doing?"
But then, I'm old. What do I know?
2006-07-14 21:26:48 · answer #6 · answered by oh kate! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not correct to replace 'what you do" for "what are you doing" in any form of english.
2006-07-16 22:45:43 · answer #7 · answered by Tamsin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you do?
sounds like a person who is learning English, but hasn't mastered questions yet.
2006-07-15 15:33:14 · answer #8 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You can say - "What are you doing?" or in slang "What'cha up to?" (What you up to?)
"What you do" is both incorrect grammar and not in common usage. I suppose you could get away with "What do you do?" but people would probably thing you were asking what their job was.
2006-07-14 21:24:39 · answer #9 · answered by stickybroom100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's definitely not. If anyone said that to me I would probably be unable to resist the urge to beat them in the name of grammar.
Okay, not really, but it would still bother me quite a bit.
2006-07-14 21:23:47 · answer #10 · answered by Not Allie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋