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Tiffanyny88 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
What's or what are?
Q: What's behind the table?
A: The chairs are behind the table.
Why "What's" not "What are"?
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Tiffanyny88 Q: What's behind the table? Why "What's" not "What are"? Because it's easier to pronounce and the questioner does not know what is behind the table.
- Tiffanyny88 Q: What's behind the table?
- Why "What's" not "What are"?
- Because it's easier to pronounce and the questioner does not know what is behind the table.
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Tiffanyny88Q: What's behind the table? A: The chairs are behind the table.Why "What's" not "What are"?
Because it's easier to pronounce and the questioner does not know what is behind the table.
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Tiffanyny88Why "What's" not "What are"?
You only use "What are ...?" when the words after "are" are obviously a reference to something plural. A prepositional phrase or an adjective won't do, because these don't exist in both singular and plural forms.
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