English idioms and phrases - idiomatic expressions # 15 - What purpose does it serve

Hay everyone. I am Muhammad Nabeel. Welcome to the English idioms and phrases lesson. Today we’ve a great and useful idiomatic expression ‘what purpose does it serve’.

This sentence means

‘What is it used for?’ what is its function? So you might ask in your computer program i.e. ms excel, ms word. What is ‘ms word’ used for? What purpose does it serve? It allows me to type document. Listen to the dialogue:

Why are you taking vitamin c all day long?

These are really good when you’re sick

What purpose do they serve?

They help strengthen your immune system

I’ll see you in English idioms and phrases lesson #16. Good bye.

English idioms and phrases lesson in Urdu:

یہ  اس جملے کا مطلب ہے ' اسکا مقصد کیا ہے؟ یہ کس کام آتا ہے؟ ' مثال کے طور پر مائیکروسافٹ ورڈ کا مقصد  کیا ہے اسکا استعمال کیا ہے تو ہم یہ بولیں گے۔ what purpose does it serve?

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