which question is better: what made you join or why did you join?
does 'what made you join?' is it used as a simple meaning of 'wanting to join sth' ???

or maybe it's stylistically better to say "why did you join?"

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which question is better: what made you join or why did you join?
does 'what made you join?' is it used as a simple meaning of 'wanting to join sth' ???

or maybe it's stylistically better to say "why did you join?"

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The most general is "Why did you join?" You could also say "How come you joined?" (a casual version of "why did you join" -- or "What did you join for?" In English, it's mostly a matter of preference, although the meaning does vary slightly. Now in Spanish, we don't have an exact equivalent of "why" but have to choose between "¿Porqué?" ("because of what?) and "¿Para qué?" ("to what end / purpose?") -- The translations sound very formal in English, but in Spanish it's perfectly normal.

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To me, they mean the same thing.  You're still asking a person the reason for joining something.

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