What are you doing vs What you doing

The correct phrase is 'What are you doing?' This is the standard way to ask someone about their current activity. 'What you doing?' is a common informal or colloquial variation, but it is considered grammatically incorrect in formal contexts.

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What are you doing

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This is the standard way to ask someone about their current activity. It is grammatically correct and appropriate for both formal and informal situations.

Examples:

What are you doing this weekend?
What are you doing for dinner?
What are you doing in your room?
What are you doing right now?
What are you doing later?

Alternatives:

What are you up to?
What are you working on?
What are you up to today?
What are you occupied with?
What are you engaged in?

What you doing

This phrase is not considered correct in standard English usage.

This informal or colloquial variation is commonly used in casual conversations or among friends, but it is not grammatically correct. It is best avoided in formal contexts.

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What you doing there, brother?
What you doing sitting out here?
What you doing? I'm parked here.
What you doing with my suitcase?
What you doing this weekend, Henry?
What you doing for your anniversary?
What you doing with all them guns?
What you doing in these parts?
What you doing awake, Ace?
What you doing out at this time?
What you doing for a living these days?
What you doing out here, you silly sausage?
What you doing here, anyway?
What you doing with this fish, man?
What you doing here, boy?
What you doing up, honey?
What you doing in the underworld, Taylor?
What you doing, playing out here in the snow?
What you doing up here on your own, cuddling a teddy?
What you doing in our neck of the woods?

Alternatives:

What are you doing?
What's up?
How's it going?
What's happening?
What's new?

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What are you doing vs What you doing