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where have you been all day vs where have you been all night

Both options are correct, but they require a question mark. 'Where have you been all day?' is used to inquire about someone's activities during the daytime, while 'Where have you been all night?' is used to ask about someone's whereabouts during the nighttime.
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where have you been all day

This phrase is correct and commonly used to ask about someone's activities during the daytime.

This phrase is used to inquire about someone's whereabouts and activities during the daytime.

Examples:

  • Where have you been all day? I've been looking for you.
  • I wonder where he has been all day.
  • She asked him, 'Where have you been all day?'
  • ... (circa 1920) edited by Walter Jerrold: Where Have You Been All Day, My Boy Tammie? "Where have you been all day, My boy Tammie?" "I've been all the day
  • Into the Woods. Oh where have you been all day. That you have been so long away? Oh, I have been a woodland child, And walked alone in places wild.
  • [D]Where have you been all day, Henry, my son. Where have you been all day, [A ]my beloved one. A[D]way on the meadow, away on the meadow, Make my ...
  • Where have you been all day Henry me son. Where have you been all day my beloved one. Away in the meadow. Away in the meadow. Make my bed I've a ...

Alternatives:

  • Where were you all day?
  • What have you been doing all day?
  • Have you been out all day?
  • What did you do all day?
  • Where did you spend the day?

where have you been all night

This phrase is correct and commonly used to ask about someone's whereabouts during the nighttime.

This phrase is used to inquire about someone's whereabouts and activities during the nighttime.

Examples:

  • Where have you been all night? I was worried about you.
  • He asked her, 'Where have you been all night?'
  • I wonder where she has been all night.
  • Ok ok okok ok. Bunny gamer sit down. Bunny gamer, where have you been all night? Bunny gammer leave me alone. Alright alright alright. More Xiu Xiu lyrics.
  • Wooh, dad where have you been all night long? Yet I know I told you to get away from me. I told you to leave me alone. Wooh, but I had a chain in your heart
  • Where have you been all night? You dirty stop out! by TaniaD March 23, 2007. 179 64. Shop. 2 more definitions. Add your own. 12 Words related to dirty stop out.
  • Jan 10, 1995 ... "Where have you been all night?" Standing in your red pyjamas. Time after time when we've come through the dark of the night. And by sunrise ...

Alternatives:

  • Where were you all night?
  • What have you been doing all night?
  • Have you been out all night?
  • What did you do all night?
  • Where did you spend the night?

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