Yes, you would be correct if the subject was giving a formal speech or presentation. However, when the offender stated "where you at?" he was holding court in private with a familiar associate who had almost certainly on another occasion condoned(implicitly or explicitly) this use of informal speech when communicating between the two.
Jeff7
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Where are you at?
Where're you at?
Where you at?
It just takes the 're part and blends that sound with the "where" sound. Kind of like when you say, "that thing." For most people I'm sure, your tongue only hits the roof of your mouth one time at the transition between the two words. You don't pause between and say "That - thing." It just comes as one smooth word, "Thatthing."
Now it's just said, "Where you at" as a shortened, fewer-syllable verision of "where're you at", and the person on the other end knows exactly what they're being asked, which is all that really matters.
Where're you at?
Where you at?
It just takes the 're part and blends that sound with the "where" sound. Kind of like when you say, "that thing." For most people I'm sure, your tongue only hits the roof of your mouth one time at the transition between the two words. You don't pause between and say "That - thing." It just comes as one smooth word, "Thatthing."
Now it's just said, "Where you at" as a shortened, fewer-syllable verision of "where're you at", and the person on the other end knows exactly what they're being asked, which is all that really matters.
OK.....the real sentence would be "Where are you located?" or "What is your location?"
But the implication we make and understand, by the form of the question and the probable dialog that has taken place prior to the question being asked, when the question is asked "Where are you?", is that one is in fact asking for one's physical location.
And ending a sentence with a preposition, even in familiar colloquial settings, just shows that one is poorly educated in English and grammar. "Where are you?" is vastly superior and more correct than "Where you at?" makes you sound rather low-browed or, I hate to say it, ignorant.
where yhat? That's how I've heard it around here sometimes. IDK if I say that, saying "where are you" is kinda weird, idk why.
You are the one sounding ignorant here. Categorizing those who do not mesh with the customs of your social circle as ignorant.
Truth be told in the scenario described, the offender was not in a scholastic and/or formal environment. He had adjusted his linguistic patterns according to his audience in order to best perform the verbal communication. I agree with you that "where you at?" and other such colloquialisms have no real place in formal writing or speech.
dainthomas
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Yup. People who start grammar rant threads with incorrect grammar are teh suck. And also look stupider than the people they are ranting about.
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Inspector Jihad
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people arent always ina scholastic environment. As long as who i'm talking to understands me, pricks like the OP can shut the fvck up.
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