" 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.
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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,