Is it correct "What's it say?"

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“What’s it say?”
I jumped. I didn’t realize Emma had followed me to the table.

This text is from book Fire in Frost.

My question here is, is it correct to ask this way, or it should be like "What does it say?"

It IS like "what does it say", What's is just the contracted form of what does. (Although it can also be a contraction for what is, so you have to be able to infer from context which full form was intended.) — Hellion, Jul 26 '18 at 18:05
Related (possible dupe): Is what's a shortened form of what does? — Tim Lymington, Jul 26 '18 at 21:04
"What's it say" is referring to an antecedent (letter or note) you did not post. — Lambie, Jul 26 '18 at 21:48

score 11 · Answer 1 · 2018-07-26T21:42:00.833

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“What’s” can be a contraction of “what does,” so it is grammatically okay to say “What’s it say?”

According to Merriam-Webster, "what's" could be one of three contractions:

1 : what is

what's his name?

2 : what has

what's he done?

3 : what does

what's he want?

edited Jul 26 '18 at 21:42

answered Jul 26 '18 at 18:04

Is it correct "What's it say?"

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