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Moguwai007 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Where are you at ?
Is there a difference in nuance between A and B?
A)Where are you?
B)Where are you at?
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moguwai007 A)Where are you? This is standard. moguwai007 B)Where are you at?
- moguwai007 A)Where are you?
- This is standard.
- moguwai007 B)Where are you at?
- This is non-standard, used in some dialects (including mine) in casual speech.
- The form with "at" is used when we want to pinpoint the location.
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moguwai007A)Where are you?
This is standard.
moguwai007B)Where are you at?
This is non-standard, used in some dialects (including mine) in casual speech. The form with "at" is used when we want to pinpoint the location. If we get a phone call from our runaway teenager after he's been gone a week, we ask "Where are
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