Anonymous  +  135115 Thu, 08 Sep 05 12:59 PM Are the following sentences acceptable? 1. What's it? 2. That's it. Thanks a lot for your reply. Anonymous

	goldmund  +  135141 Thu, 08 Sep 05 02:12 PM Dear sir, «What's it?» is not an acceptable sentence. But you may say «What is it?» «That's it.» is an acceptable sentence. Kind regards, Goldmund goldmund Joined on Fri, Jun 10 2005 Regular Member 581 «Tout homme peut dire véritablement; mais dire ordonnément, prudemment et suffisamment, peu d'hommes le peuvent.» - Michel de Montaigne Regards

	khoff  +  135215 Thu, 08 Sep 05 05:20 PM I agree with Goldmund -- "What's it?" by itself is not used.  However, you can use "what's it...." if something follows, such as "What's its about?  What's it for?  What's it doing?" khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,267 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)