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Mon 7 Apr, 2014 09:49 am
To ask a friend's son what he wants to do after college, what question should I ask?:
-What do you want to do/be after graduation?
-What do you want to work as after graduation?
-What will you choose/find/take up/follow as your occupation after graduation?
Which is correct? Which is wrong English?
@WBYeats,
They're all grammatical, WB, but find doesn't sound idiomatic.
@WBYeats,
The third is a little Victorian.
@JTT,
THank you~
Then what would be the idiomatic way of expressing the idea?
@WBYeats,
Only 'find' doesn't sound idiomatic. The rest are fine.
@WBYeats,
They're all grammatical (though, in the third one, follow sounds a bit strange), but I would say "What do you want to do/be after you graduate?". I think it sounds more natural.
@Mika Anna,
Mika Anna wrote:in the third one, follow sounds a bit strange
To "follow" an occupation is perfectly normal English.
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