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Difference between 'what are you going to get' and 'how are you going to get'



 
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Difference between 'what are you going to get' and 'how are you going to get' Sat Dec 24, 2005 1:14 am  Difference between 'what are you going to get' and 'how are you going to get'
 

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #47 "Question Words", question 2

......... are you going to get home from work?

(a) Which
(b) Who
(c) How
(d) What

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #47 "Question Words", answer 2

How are you going to get home from work?

Correct answer: (c) How

Your answer was: incorrect
What are you going to get home from work?
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What vs. how Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:39 am  What vs. how
 

Hi,

In this sentence how means in what way/what sort of transport are you using.

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but if you mean that you are going to take some friend to home? Sun Sep 02, 2007 13:26 pm  but if you mean that you are going to take some friend to home?
 

Hello,

In the sentence

____ are you going to get home from work?

It is possible to use Who if you mean that you are going to move a workmate of yours from his work to his home??

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Difference between 'what are you going to get' and 'how are you going to get' Tue Sep 11, 2007 16:24 pm  Difference between 'what are you going to get' and 'how are you going to get'
 

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No, Jon, that would be an unnatural sentence.

It would always be better to say something like this:
Who are you going to drive home from work?
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