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Inglés (US)
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what do you do for a living or for living?
which one is correct to ask someone's job?
What's the difference?
what do you do for a living or for living?
which one is correct to ask someone's job?
What's the difference?
which one is correct to ask someone's job?
What's the difference?
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- Inglés (US)
"For a living" is correct. "A living" = a job; "living" = being alive. So if you say "What do you do for living" it sounds weird, as if you're asking "Why are you alive?"
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