In point of usage, Ngrams shows a slight preference for What about you: COCA shows 770 instances of how about you, the vast majority of which are in the proper context (a few are in …

Jan 25, 2018 · You and ye used to be the plural forms of the second person pronoun. You was the accusative form, and ye was the nominative form. Because of this, you still conjugates …

Jun 25, 2018 · When you have would in the “if” part, it essentially means “be willing to”: If you would please take your seats, we could get the movie started. If only you were willing to sit …

Apr 11, 2019 · The normal form "how you would" is just this, "you would" is a conditional form: if X, then you would Y. "If there are any messages, this is how you would like to receive them." …

The now-common you was originally used in objective forms alone, so accusative or dative. For example, Wordsworth draws the nominative–dative distinction when he writes in Lyrical …

Aug 23, 2013 · When the stakes are high you are often tempted to cheat. You might prefer the former to the latter because the latter comes across as very accusatory. This is really the only …

According to OED if you are at it, it means that you are engaged in some activity, typically a reprehensible one: oh dear, they are at it again. On it on the other hand means that you are …

I live in Sweden and work as a translator. A translation agency just asked me for an offer. Their reply (in Swedish) to my offer was, "Thank you, we'll let you know if and when the end …

In your specific case, neither 'was' nor 'were' is best; you should say "if it is running". "If it were running" is subjunctive case, used to describe hypothetical situations: "If it were running, I …

Either you start something, and then it runs, or you don't. "Get started" implies, start it, but don't expect any results yet, because you're still starting and not actually doing yet. Of course, the …