Why do people say whereabouts?
If you refer to the whereabouts of a particular person or thing, you mean the place where that person or thing may be found. The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms. You use whereabouts in questions when you are asking precisely where something is.
If you refer to the whereabouts of a particular person or thing, you mean the place where that person or thing may be found. The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms. You use whereabouts in questions when you are asking precisely where something is.
