The differences between the two sentences ?

Question

Where are you going?
Where are you going to?

Answers please with more descriptive, more objective, even more deductive, thanks!!

Answer 1

Both sentences mean exactly the same thing, but nowadays simply "going" is more accepted. This may largely be an accident of history. Note the following

You would always say "Where are you coming FROM?" "Where are you going to?" is the natural parallel.
(The older parallel was "whither you go" // "whence you come")

If you substitute another 'motion verb' you will usually add a preposition to indicate the direction:
"Where are you running from/to?" "Where are you driving from/to?"

Sometimes these can also omit the preposition when the direction is clear from the context. ("Where are you running?" without the preposition might be asking for a fixed location -- track, park, etc-- within which you are running.)

This last point seems to be why the "to" of "going to" has generally been dropped. The word "going" used all by itself implies direction away from the speaker, toward another place, so the "to" is redundant. So why not "Where are you coming?"

Perhaps because "come" and "go" are ONLY general opposites, not perfectly parallel opposites in all cases.

"Coming" indicates motion that is generally toward the speaker... but is not necessarily precise. (It can also be used with other in a number of cases. "I'll be coming to the dance." "He is coming around the corner now.", etc.) In fact, "Where are you coming?" without a preposition would be interpreted "coming to" (though it usually be considered awkward)-- asking about the PRECISE destination.

Why? perhaps that's just a common fact of how standard usage comes about -- it is not the product of a committee sitting down and reasoning it out!

Answer 2

There's nothing wrong with "where are you going to?" The generally accepted standard today is: if the sentence is more awkward, long-winded etc. when you try to avoid ending with a preposition, end with the preposition. The "never put a prep. at the end of a sentence" is an old fuddy duddy high school teacher rule from ages ago. However, some fuddy duddys feel this way: "there are some things up with which I will not put."

Answer 3

Where are you going is right.
Where are you going to is not really used anymore. You can find in old songs and poems, but for some reason we dropped the "to" sometime in our history

Answer 4

No difference, except "where are you going" sounds more grammatically correct because you are already asking "where" so you don't need the word "to".

Answer 5

The first one is correct. The second one is incorrect.

"To where are you going?" This is a formal, correct version of the second sentence.

The first one is more casual, and used more often.

Answer 6

1. "Where are you going' is perfectly and grammatical correct asking or questioning....it gets answer like "I am going to market".

But

2. Where are you going to? - is wrong sentence. If you doubt about his going outside, then only you can ask like : "Are you going to market?"

Answer 7

the second has a dangling participle -- major mistake dude