British English
Dear teachers,
Are the following sentences old-fashioned in British English now?
1. Have you any money?
2. How many books have you?
3. I have not enough money for the journey.
4. How many children have they?
5. Have we any coffee in the house?
6. Have you your brother's last letter with you now?
7. Have you an English lesson this morning?
8. You haven't a cold now, I hope.
9. Have you time for a game of tennis?
10. Has he enough to eat?
11. How many pockets has your jacket?
12. Hasn't he long hair?
13. Have you many friends here?
Thank you very much.
Top answer
Sesquipedalian101 Are the following sentences old-fashioned in British English now? According to the Google Ngram Viewer, the half century between 1950 and 2000 is the transition period with regard to the use of 'have' in British English. Before that period, the patterns shown in your post predominated.
- Sesquipedalian101 Are the following sentences old-fashioned in British English now?
- According to the Google Ngram Viewer, the half century between 1950 and 2000 is the transition period with regard to the use of 'have' in British English.
- Before that period, the patterns shown in your post predominated.
- After that period, the alternate forms ( Do you have ...?
- I don't have ....
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Sesquipedalian101Are the following sentences old-fashioned in British English now?
According to the Google Ngram Viewer, the half century between 1950 and 2000 is the transition period with regard to the use of 'have' in British English.
Before that period, the patterns shown in your post predominated. After that period, the alternate forms (Do yo
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