how about you or what about you? what's the right way???

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Permalink Reply by Yero on August 8, 2009 at 10:47pm

Hi Edgar :) I think that in most contexts you could use these interchangeably and most people would take them as correct . Nevertheless, I think that the main difference lies in the fact that How about you normally requires to you explain yourself with a little more detail than What about you.

"How about you" o "What about you" se pueden usar en cualquier otro contexto con el sentido de "¿Y tú?". Por ejemplo, al hacer una sugerencia, puede significar "¿Quieres (venir, etc.) tú también?":

I could use a cup of coffee. What/how about you?

Take care =)

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Permalink Reply by Winter on August 9, 2009 at 12:33am

I use the two expressions to mean the same thing.

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Permalink Reply by Susan Payer on August 9, 2009 at 1:05am

"What about you" is just a little bit more formal than "how about you."

They mean the same thing.

They are synonymous, and interchangeable.

Both are pretty informal.

En inglés, tenemos muchas situaciones así, que tenemos expresiones sinónimas...(that doesn't look right...sinónomas?), que son exactamente iguales.

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