Do the following sentences mean the same thing?
1: What do you want of me?
2: What do you want from me?
1: What do you want of me?
2: What do you want from me?
Jackson6612Do the following sentences mean the same thing?They have slightly different meanings.
1: What do you want of me?
2: What do you want from me?
What do you want of me = what are your expectations about what I can do for you.
What do you want from me = What do you expect me to provide you with
1 is OK, but less frequent.
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2: What do you want from me?
If you want to use "of", you may say "what are you asking of me...?"
Is the first sentence a correct sentence?