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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
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So, "Where's he live" means "Where does he live"?
  

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PreciousJones So, "Where's he live" means "Where does he live"? Yes, but I'd prefer to use "does" rather than the contraction form.

  • PreciousJones So, "Where's he live" means "Where does he live"?
  • Yes, but I'd prefer to use "does" rather than the contraction form.
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PreciousJonesSo, "Where's he live" means "Where does he live"?
Yes, but I'd prefer to use "does" rather than the contraction form.
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It does not. "Where's" means "where is."

Unfortunately, slang has become a prominent part of the English language, and the phrase "where's" has sort of become a bastardization of "where does."

It is grammatically correct to say "Where does he live" or "where is he living."
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It is a contraction akin to "where'd" for "where did", I would imagine. While it might be heard in spoken English, it should be avoided at all costs in formal writing.
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AnonymousIt does not. "Where's" means "where is."
Anon,
I relied "yes" to the earlier question which in agreement with your argument above. "Where's" is the contraction for
"where is", ' where has" and "where does" which are the modal required for singular and 3rd person. In spoken English,
The contraction " where's" is valid when the tense and ve
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PreciousJonesSo, "Where's he live" means "Where does he live"?
Yes. Very informally in spoken English we sometimes contract a question word with 'does' or 'did' ('s; 'd), probably more often with 'did'.

Where'd they go? How's he get there? When's he usually eat lunch?

Some of them sound a bit odd in isolation, but hard

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