Re: preposition
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 18, 2001, 2:59 |
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Tristan McLeay wrote:
>
> > What store did you buy that at?
>
> You'd say that? I would've said 'Where did you buy that?' (or 'Where ja
> buy that?')
I'd most likely say "Where'dja buy that?" if it were merely curiosity,
but if it were something really bad, I might say "What store did you buy
THAT at?"
> > Where'd you go to?
> > Where do you live at?
> >
> This just sound 'broken and wrong'.
I don't say those, but I have heard them quite a bit. Mostly the same
people who say things like "it's broke".
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