At what, may you use it?
There is a sentence, "What are you looking at?".
May you say, " At what are you looking?" instead?
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Yes, both are equally good.
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Can you say " At what are you looking?" instead?
In theory: yes. It is grammatically correct.
In practive: no!
Native speakers never phrase questions like this in real life. This construction only exists in outdated grammar books.
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Michael,
Thank you so much for your help! I think I understand with the expression of you and the link.
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Mick,
「ちょっと」だけだと、ちょっと分からないです。
良くないという事でしょうか?
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https://www.englishforums.com/English/AtWhatAreYouLooking/bnbxgq/post.htm
Your second alternative is acceptable grammatically, but not current usage. Probably you'd only hear this in a comedy sketch, spoken by a character trying to sound cleverer than he is.
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