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James Rowling Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
What up?
Hi, people! At school we use this question - 'What's up?" but I watched a film and I noticed that they use "What up?". Is it correct to say "What up" instead of "What's up?"
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Hi, 'What up' is low-level street slang. I advise learners of English to avoid street-slang because, unless you are part of that actual culture, it usually sounds a bit silly. Clive
- Hi, 'What up' is low-level street slang.
- I advise learners of English to avoid street-slang because, unless you are part of that actual culture, it usually sounds a bit silly.
- Clive
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Hi,
'What up' is low-level street slang.
I advise learners of English to avoid street-slang because, unless you are part of that actual culture, it usually sounds a bit silly.
Clive
'What up' is low-level street slang.
I advise learners of English to avoid street-slang because, unless you are part of that actual culture, it usually sounds a bit silly.
Clive
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James Rowling,
This is how I value language in general. People react to our vocabulary and judge us by the words we use. So we have a choice if we want our image to reflect that of an educated person or someone from the "hood". I definitely chose the former. I often find myself speechless when I try to search for reasons why we send our children to go to school, only to learn the the kind of l
This is how I value language in general. People react to our vocabulary and judge us by the words we use. So we have a choice if we want our image to reflect that of an educated person or someone from the "hood". I definitely chose the former. I often find myself speechless when I try to search for reasons why we send our children to go to school, only to learn the the kind of l
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Hello, Mr. Rowling:
I am an old man (75), but I have heard some young people say 'sup? That is a short and cool way to
say "What's up?"
I am an old man (75), but I have heard some young people say 'sup? That is a short and cool way to
say "What's up?"
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Thanks for everything. By the way I hear it in the film "Never Say Never" where Justin Bieber uses it. 
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