ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: What's it mean?

pieanne — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:42:23 GMT

I agree with Philip, you can hear it, but it's not grammatically correct. " 's" is not an accepted contraction for "does".

Re: What's it mean?

Philip — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:09:26 GMT

Teo wrote:

What's it mean?

Is the above sentence acceptable?

Thanks a lot for your reply.

In informal (and even formal) speech, it is acceptable. I wouldn't write it, however, except as a quote from a character in a story. "does" is not technically included in our list of contractions, except with 'not' > doesn't.

Re: What's it mean?

Beemer — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:02:29 GMT

Teo, to ask the question is to answer it: 'What's it mean?' means 'What does it mean?'

What's it mean?

Teo — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:49:18 GMT

What's it mean?

Is the above sentence acceptable?

Thanks a lot for your reply.