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- What is the difference between whereabout and whereabouts
The other whereabouts (always with - s) is a noun It refers to someone's present location, and the person is indicated by a possessive: Bill's whereabouts is are unknown (some say it's plural, others don't) This whereabouts is stressed on the first syllable, not the last Executive summary: WhereabOUT were you? versus His WHEREabouts
- What does the word whereabouts mean, and how do I respond to it?
2 "Whereabouts" is usually used in place of "where" It is asking for a more general location - as in what general areas you interested in or would like to mention, it is deliberately nonspecific It is usually used informally and conversationally, not so much used when someone is asking for an itinerary or specific location
- Usage of whereabouts - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is a noun "whereabouts" used not only for something moving (e g person) but for something still? For example: Do you know his whereabouts? vs Whereabouts of the building they searching is still
- whereabouts is are - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If the sense is plural, I believe we'd use 'whereabouts are', as in ' Their whereabouts are unknown ' If the sense is singular, we'd use 'whereabouts is', as in ' His whereabouts is unknown ' Can this be grammatically defended? Are the two examples above grammatically correct?
- What does careabouts mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What does quot;careabouts quot; mean? I saw it in a LinkedIn video regarding jobs, workplace, etc I searched all dictionaries but got nothing! I even got nothing on Google! Like such a thing does
- What is the logic behind uncountable nouns?
Note, though, that 'whereabouts' may be used with either a singular or a plural verb form: Her whereabouts is are unknown (one location one location) Their whereabouts is are unknown (one location possibly plural locations) And notice that 'location', a close synonym, behaves more regularly and logically
- grammar - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
These words all have something in common: heretofore, forthwith, notwithstanding, therefore, etc what are these kinds of words called? And where can I find a list of them?
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Catch Phrases makes mention of "Up in Annie's Room", saying (that form) came to be around WWI, and was originally used as a response to an inquiry of an absent man's whereabouts Word-detective goes further, explaining it more specifically as a joking inquiry to the whereabouts of a soldier from word-detective:
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