What's this have to do with Christine?

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Do you find the sentence below correct?

What's this have to do with Christine?

If so, what does 's stand for or is short for?

Thank you.

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[+3] - centrox - 08/11/2017[quote="paok1970"]Do you find the sentence below correct? [i]What's this have to do with Christine?[/i] If so, what does [b][u]'s[/u][/b] stand for or is short for?[/quote] I do...

@paok1970,

Does or has, could be either. The meaning is the same regardless.

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@paok1970,

paok1970 wrote:

Do you find the sentence below correct?

What's this have to do with Christine?

If so, what does 's stand for or is short for?

I do not find the sentence correct. It includes, however, a form sometimes found in casual, non-standard, spoken conversation. The following are correct and possible:

1. What is this to do with Christine? 'What is' can be shortened to 'what's'.

2. What does this have to do with Christine?

The sentence you gave is a confusion of the two forms.

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@centrox,

Again, thank you very much for the kind help.

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Note:

1. What is this to do with Christine?

2. What has this to do with Christine?

'What is' and 'what has' can both be shortened to 'what's', resulting in identical results.

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@centrox,

The italicised text is something one could hear people saying, and in that case the 's could refer to has or does.

Voting me down to stifle debate, and focusing on how people should talk instead of how they do talk is not something I would expect of you.

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@izzythepush,

izzythepush wrote:

The italicised text is something one could hear people saying, and in that case the 's could refer to has or does.

Voting me down to stifle debate, and focusing on how people should talk instead of how they do talk is not something I would expect of you.

Sorry, Izzy, it was an accident. I agree with you about 'does'.

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@centrox,

That's OK, easily done.

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@izzythepush,

Am I correct in saying that, in my original sentence, the 's is the contraction of is, has and does?

Please confirm. Thank you.

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@paok1970,

Not has, sorry, it would be What has this got to do with Christine, but it could be does. What has this have to do with Christine is garbage. Sorry for muddying the water.

What does this have to do with Christine works.

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You can abbreviate 'has' with apostrophe-s, e.g. 'What's he got all over his trousers?'

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@izzythepush,

I remember a Tina Turner song called "What's love got to do with it".

In the above case, what is 's short for?

Thanks again for your help and comprehension. I'm rather "thick".

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@paok1970,

paok1970 wrote:

I remember a Tina Turner song called "What's love got to do with it".

In the above case, what is 's short for?"thick".

In the Tina Turner song, "What's" is short for "what has". You are not thick, just thorough.

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@centrox,

Is it possible to use the sentence below in (informal/colloquial) British English?

What has this got to do with Christine?

Thank you.

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@paok1970,

paok1970 wrote:

Is it possible to use the sentence below in (informal/colloquial) British English?

What has this got to do with Christine?

Yes. Absolutely. The 'got' is casual and informal, but not wrong.

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