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where did you get it vs where you get it

The correct phrase is "Where did you get it?" This is the standard question form in English, using the auxiliary verb "did" to form the past tense. The second phrase, "Where you get it?" is incorrect as it lacks the auxiliary verb needed to form a question in English.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 1075 views

where did you get it

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This is the correct way to ask someone about the origin or source of something in the past. It follows the standard question structure using the auxiliary verb "did".

Examples:

  • Where did you get that book?
  • Where did you get your shoes?
  • Where did you get that idea?
  • Where did you get that information?
  • Where did you get that recipe?
  • Healing powers... where did you get it?
  • Eliza, where did you get it?
  • Never heard the name Travers, where did you get it?
  • The band on your arm... where did you get it?
  • Then where did you get it?
  • By the holy, where did you get it, Gypo?
  • Your dahlia, where did you get it?
  • Now, where did you get it?
  • Your necklace, where did you get it?
  • All right, come on, where did you get it?
  • I see it's money, but where did you get it?
  • Now, come on, you've got to tell us, where did you get it?
  • And then you say "where did you get it?"
  • All right, if you didn't steal it from the town cross, where did you get it from?
  • Where did you get it again?
  • Where did you get it, Min?
  • Where did you get it, Alice?
  • Where did you get it, Gypo?
  • Where did you get it, Bhupi?
  • Where did you get it, Tom?

where you get it

This phrase is incorrect in English.


Alternatives:

  • Where did you get it?
  • Where have you got it?
  • Where do you get it?
  • Where will you get it?
  • Where would you get it?

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