In which way you have learned English?

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If I want to ask someone how learned English is the below correct or is the better sentence for it?
In which way you have learned English?
 

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If I want to ask someone how they learned English is the below correct or is there a better [strike]sentence for[/strike] way to say it?
"In which way you have learned English?"
Ask How did you learn English?
 

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If I want to ask someone how they learned English, is the sentence below correct, or is there a better sentence for it?

In which way you have learned English?
I probably wouldn't use that. I might say:
How did you learn English?
or
Did you learn English by yourself?
 

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I would say 'How do you learn English?' if the listener is still learning it.
 

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I would say 'How do you learn English?' if the listener is still learning it.
Without more context, I'd understand that to mean "What is a good way to learn English?" That is, I'd hear you as the unspecific pronoun. If the listener is still learning, I'd ask How are you learning English? or, more likely, How are you studying​ English?
 

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I think the context could be 'You speak fluent/broken English. How do you learn English?'.
 

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I think the context could be 'You speak fluent/broken English. How do you learn English?'.
The second sentence is a non sequitur. It sounds like you're posing a general question, ​What's a good way to learn English? If you want to know what technique your interlocutor uses, put the question in the present continuous.
 
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