Table of Contents
- 1 What can I do for you meaning in English?
- 2 How can I help you vs What can I do for you?
- 3 Can I do anything for you meaning?
- 4 When someone says what can I do for you?
- 5 What can I do for you reply?
- 6 Can I help you vs May I help you?
- 7 Can I help you answer?
- 8 Will do anything or will do everything?
- 9 What does ” how can I help you ” mean?
- 10 What does it mean when you say I do?
- 11 What does ” I’m Gonna do you for ” mean?
What can I do for you meaning in English?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. what can I do you for? what can I do you for? spoken used humorously to ask someone how you can help them, especially when you are trying to sell them something → doExamples from the Corpuswhat can I do you for? Good morning, Mitch!
How can I help you vs What can I do for you?
It’s a more polite way of saying “what do you want?” “May I help you?” and “How can I help you?” are even more polite. “What can I do for you?” is less common. It’s a little more informal, a little friendlier, but not always suitable.
What can I help you meaning?
An offer for assistance, often from a salesperson. A: “Can I help you?” B: “Yes, I’m looking for a cocktail dress.” See also: can, help.
Can I do anything for you meaning?
I’d do anything for you. It means someone is willing to go to any lengths to make you happy. If you hear it, it means you’re very special to the person who says it, for whatever reason: family connection, you’re a great friend, you did them a favor, whatever.
When someone says what can I do for you?
Higgins: It’s the new slang, meaning someone has killed her. Because of the negative possibilities of “do,” the expression “What can I do you for?” suggests that the speaker is asking how he might take advantage of you. In practice, the people who say it usually intend it as a pleasantry.
What I could do meaning?
could do with someone or something to want or need someone or something; to benefit from someone or something. I could do with a nice cool drink right now. I could do with some help on this project. See also: could.
What can I do for you reply?
It’s idiomatic. When someone (at least in AmE – and assuming this is a customer/shopkeeper scenario) asks, “What can I do for you?” they are asking if they can assist you with something. A common reply is, “No thanks, I’m just looking.”
Can I help you vs May I help you?
Both are correct, but the meaning is not the same. “Can I help you?” is probably more common. Suppose you see someone standing at a street corner with a map, looking around at the intersecting streets. if you say “Can I help you?”, you are assuming that is possible, but not certain, that the person needs help.
Will I help you or shall I help you?
As a general rule, use ‘will’ for affirmative and negative sentences about the future. Use ‘will’ for requests too. If you want to make an offer or suggestion with I/we, use ‘shall’ in the question form. For very formal statements, especially to describe obligations, use ‘shall’.
Can I help you answer?
It’s what is called a closed question, because the only possible answers are “yes” or “no” (with a “please” or “thank you” thrown in for politeness’ sake). If a sales person is approaching you, they’re far more likely to avoid a direct “no” answer by asking the question “How can I help you?”.
Will do anything or will do everything?
Both are correct, but has different meanings. I’ll do everything I can means that you will do all the things you know how to do, sense of thoroughness. I’ll do anything I can means that you will do several things you know how to do, free choice sense.
What is meaning of it’s my pleasure?
—used as a response to someone who has thanked one for doing something to say that one was happy to do it “Thanks for your help.” “(It was) My pleasure.”
What does ” how can I help you ” mean?
“How can I help you?”; “How can I serve you?” You can also hear it in the TV show, Dexter (Season 2, Episode 5, ~36 minutes), where a barman in Florida asks the eponymous protagonist the same question. He replies with, ” Beer, whatever’s on tap “.
What does it mean when you say I do?
They are sacred and monumental and not to be taken lightly. When you say them, or if you already have, think hard about what they mean. Commit to them, love, respect, and honor them as much as you do your husband or wife. Live the words I Do for all the world to see…till death do you part.
What’s the difference between ” what can I do for You?
Whereas “What can I do for you?” is someone simply asking how they can help. In the context of a barman, it would be asking what drink or other pub service they can provide. No one has hit the right tone with this one yet, so I’m going to step in. What can I do you for? is, as others have said, a playful inversion of “What can I do for you?”
What does ” I’m Gonna do you for ” mean?
Do you, as in “I’m gonna do you in” is what a thug would say before he perpetrated violent acts against you. It could also be used by a police man, for example “Do him for possession”, so do him is slang for arrest him.