what are u talking about? vs what r u talking

Both phrases are informal and commonly used in spoken English, but the correct one is "What are u talking about?". The contraction "are" should be used after the subject "u" to form the present continuous tense. The second phrase is missing the verb "are" and is grammatically incorrect.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 3985 views

what are u talking about?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal spoken English.

This phrase is used to ask someone to clarify or explain what they are discussing.

Show examples from the web [+]

So... what are u going to do after collage?
So who was Beckett talking about?
- What are you talking about?
- What were we just talking about?
- What are you talking about? - He shot at us.
- What are you talking about?
- What are you guys talking about?
Anyway, what were we talking about?
What are we talking about? Hit me.
What are you talking about? I'm right here.
- What are you talking about?
What are you talking about? That's my notebook.
- What are you talking about? - Good morning.
What are you talking about? I wanted something more.
What are you talking about? you're all packed.
What are you two talking about?
What are you talking about?.
Okay, what are you talking about?
- What are you talking about? - Steven Lawford.
- What are you talking about?

Alternatives:

What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?

what r u talking

This phrase is incorrect as it is missing the verb "are" after the subject "u".

Show examples from the web [+]

Not now, she got D-R-U...
My man, I'm an average j-o-e looking to score some d-r-u-gs.
Pam? r u finally ready? totally.
H-r-u-n-d-i. Wait till l tell them at home that l met him.
Carlotta was the kind of town where they spell trouble t-r-u-b-i-l and if you try to correct them, they kill you.
Appeal brought on 5 March 2010 by the European Parliament against the order of 18 December 2009 of the President of the Civil Service Tribunal in Case F-92/09 R U v Parliament
Appeal against the Order of the President of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union of 18 December 2009 in Case F-92/09 R U v Parliament, not yet reported in the ECR, seeking to have that order set aside.
The Order of the President the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union of 18 December 2009 in Case F-92/09 R U v Parliament, not yet reported in the ECR, is set aside;
Let's just say I finally understand what R. Kelly's been singing about all these years.
I know what R-FID tags do.
Application to suspend the application of the order of the President of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union of 18 December 2009 in Case F-92/09 R U v Parliament [2009] ECR I-0000.
Case T-103/10 P(R): Appeal brought on 5 March 2010 by the European Parliament against the order of 18 December 2009 of the President of the Civil Service Tribunal in Case F-92/09 R U v Parliament

Alternatives:

What are you talking?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?
What are you talking about?

What Our Customers Are Saying

Our customers love us! We have an average rating of 4.79 stars based on 283,125 votes.
Also check out our 2,100+ reviews on TrustPilot (4.9).

"Thank you!"
Sachi Nakama July 2024
"I have literally been through chat, PI, claude, bard and bing and I got conflicting answers! Thank you! Human intelligence reigns!"
Retha July 2024
"Faster than AI"
CYNTHIA December 2023
"This was very helpful and I personally think this site is the best."
Kaden October 2023
"It was extremely thorough and very helpful!"
imperialelisa October 2023
"7 years without any disappointment. Always 100% satisfied. You guys are the best in the world at what you do. Thank you so much :)"
Zubair Alam October 2023
"In a world of text messages and online communication, this is great to have as a live tool. Thank you."
Selena October 2023
"Without textranch I would be stuck!"
宏祐 October 2023
"Accuracy and fast response. Personal comments from editor. Thank you."
Clh September 2023
"I wasn't aware of this service, it's fascinating and more reliable than standard IA tools available on the internet"
Arturo September 2023
"The fact that you can get reliable fast feedback on your texts."
Vinicius Antonio August 2023
"you guys are better than grammarly i'm being honest here"
ordinary July 2023
"OMG! This is really good than any other text correction tools I've used so far. Highly recommend this."
Vehan July 2023
"Very fast and accurate. thank you."
mojtaba July 2023
"I love this app because it's help to writing skills all of students ♥️"
Tarisini July 2023
"This was exactly the mistake I was looking for, the wording dind´t sound right at first. Better than grammarly!"
Ente July 2023
"The immediate help that I received was reassuring and very satisfactory. Thanks."
priiiyanshuu July 2023
"this helps A LOT for my studies."
kathnunez02 June 2023
"Woow!! I would never have expected such precision! Thank you soooo much!!"
Berta June 2023
"Real Time Editor and not AI. Many Thanks."
Priya June 2023
"The very first thing excites me about Textranch is how much your editors care."
sepideh June 2023
"The fact that texts are checked by human editors rather than by AI, etc. I appreciate this!"
Анна June 2023
"Feel welcome, immediate response, high quality feedback"
martin.roy June 2023
"This is the best app that I have ever seen"
Burulai May 2023

what are u talking about? vs what r u talking