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Yoong Liat Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
What's it?
We cannot say "What's it", but we can say "What's that". I've read this somewhere. Could someone explain why this is so?
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is is normally stressed in What is it? (This uncontracted form of What's it? ) -- Look at this new gadget I bought today!
- is is normally stressed in What is it?
- (This uncontracted form of What's it?
- ) -- Look at this new gadget I bought today!
- -- What is it?
- ) The contracted form can be used with stressed it , however, if you are asking what the referent of it is in another sentence.
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is is normally stressed in What is it? (This uncontracted form of What's it? is used much more frequently.)
-- Look at this new gadget I bought today!
-- What is it? (What is the new gadget?)
The contracted form can be used with stressed it, however, if you are asking what the referent of it is in another sentence.
-- Look at this new gadget I bought today!
-- What is it? (What is the new gadget?)
The contracted form can be used with stressed it, however, if you are asking what the referent of it is in another sentence.
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