In normal friendly chat it simply means what was you doing but this question is formed for past tense. However this question have sometimes more than simple :” What was you doing” meaning.
It means "what was your location during some time period in the past?". It is quite often used to refer to the last few hours/days/weeks, e.g. when you haven't seen someone for a while. But it can also be used for other lengths of time in the last, like "ow you travelled during the holidays? where have you been?".
Example: What are you up to right now? So, to answer your second question, it can mean, "what are your plans/what are you doing today", although it sounds more natural to use it when asking someone what he is doing right now.
Did Prince write What Have You Done For Me Lately? Sorry to disappoint you, but the answer is 'no'. Janet herself, James Harris III and Terry Lewis have written it. He sung it during The Nude Tour (in Tokyo).
His name is, or rather his name was, Rudy Houston, and he was the dude that plenty of women, and teenage girls alike, were going crazy over when he played Janet Jackson's leading man in her “What Have You Done For Me Lately” video.
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| Paula Abdul | | Jackson's Friend |
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| Larry Hankin | | Cook |
| Rudy Huston | | Boyfriend |
| Janet Jackson | | Self |
| Tina Landon | | |
phrase. You say what have you at the end of a list in order to refer generally to other things of the same kind.
In grammatical terms, “What have you done?” is present perfect; “What did you do?” is past simple. You are right in a way - in some contexts they are interchangeable and there isn't a difference, but as always, context is everything.
Have done --- Have done is a present perfect tense, generally it is used when the action is completed recently/just now. Had done-- Had done is a past perfect tense, generally refers to something which happened earlier in the past, before another action also occured in the past.
Generally, when people have completed a work job or task, they say "It is done". "It is done" is the passive form of "I do it". the possive form of "I have done it", I expect poeple to use "It has been done".
idiom. How do you do is defined as a polite greeting that you can use when first introduced to someone. An example of "how do you do" is what you would say as you shake hands with someone you meet for the first time. YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2018 by LoveToKnow Corp.
Simple past tense 'I completed the tasks' would put more emphasis on the fact that the action was taken in the past. In my point of view. I "had" completed my task is correct. But For present tense It's become I "Have" completed my work is correct.
"Has been" and "have been" are both in the present perfect tense. "Had been" is the past perfect tense and is used in all cases, singular and plural. The past perfect tense refers to something that began in the past and was still true at another time that also was in the past.
phrase. You can ask someone what they did with something as another way of asking them where they put it. What did you do with that notebook? See full dictionary entry for do.
If it has recently been done, “it is done” is correct. For example, I have just now finished my homework. It is done. But if significant time has passed (i.e., before “just now”), then It was done (last night, for example) is correct.
Too. To is a preposition with several meanings, including “toward” and “until.” Too is an adverb that can mean “excessively” or “also.” Just to be clear: two is pronounced the same as to and too, but it can't be used instead of either of them because it's a number.
In normal friendly chat it simply means what was you doing but this question is formed for past tense. However this question have sometimes more than simple :” What was you doing” meaning. For example, if you are interviewed for chef position during your interview and you get this question * What have you been up to?*
part of speech: contraction. definition: (informal) contracted form of "what have".
Originally Answered: What is the meaning of “What are you up to”? What are you up to is an idiom that means what are you doing? Such as when you ask someone what they are doing, you say, what are you up to? Or it can be used as, are you up to questionable behavior?
Just a substitute for, “Hello.” “How have you been?” is a polite greeting to someone that you may not have seen for a few days or weeks. People usually answer by saying that they have been fine.
Definition of how are you keeping. British. —used to ask if someone feels good, bad, happy, well, etc.
