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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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What's it?!

Say I wanted to ask "What is it?"....why can't I say "What's it?"
  

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" You can if you stress "it". Suppose you enter a room where people are talking about something, but you missed the first part of the conversation. They say "It's big", "It's spotted", "It never sleeps", and so on.

  • " You can if you stress "it".
  • Suppose you enter a room where people are talking about something, but you missed the first part of the conversation.
  • They say "It's big", "It's spotted", "It never sleeps", and so on.
  • You want to know what "it" is, so you ask, What's it ?
  • ~ What is the thing you are talking about?
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Anonymouswhy can't I say "What's it?"
You can if you stress "it". Suppose you enter a room where people are talking about something, but you missed the first part of the conversation. They say "It's big", "It's spotted", "It never sleeps", and so on. You want to know what "it" is, so you ask,

What's it? ~ What is the thing you are talking a

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