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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Who is it?

Why would an English speaker say "Who is it?" to somebody say at the door? The person at the door obviously isn't an "it" so why say that? Wouldn't it be better to say how are you?
  

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" is usually asked by the person inside, as a precaution before opening the door. "

— Philip

  • " is usually asked by the person inside, as a precaution before opening the door.
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"Who is it?" is usually asked by the person inside, as a precaution before opening the door. One could also say, "Who's there?"
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Anonymous Why would an English speaker say "Who is it?" to somebody say at the door? The person at the door obviously isn't an "it" so why say that? Wouldn't it be better to say how are you?

It's an idiom, that is, a group of words that have meaning as a group, but not the same meaning you might think if you analyzed the meaning of each word separatel
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Yes, I did mean "Who are you?". Errrr. I hate idioms.
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AnonymousErrrr. I hate idioms.
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