I need help If I say 'what you want?' Is this sentence correct? or I should say 'what do you want?' Maybe we can say it without 'do' in oral languege, I'm not sure. because I remember people often sa

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I need help If I say 'what you want?' Is this sentence correct? or I should say 'what do you want?' Maybe we can say it without 'do' in oral languege, I'm not sure. because I remember people often say 'what you want' in the movies. If I can say "what u want', then what's the difference between these two sentences. can you give me some other sentences like my example? thank you

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In informal speech the "do" sometimes get swallowed or mangled and the sentence comes out sounding something like "Whatcha want?" or "Whaddya want?" As Jmat explained, the correct question is "What do you want?"

"What do you want?" is a question. "What you want" is part of an incomplete sentence, and isn't a question. Ex. What do you want? I don't know what you want. You can NOT say "What you want?" or "I don't know what do you want".

say it without 'do' in oral language

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