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Old Eladio Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Do I have to do? OR: Have I to do?

1b00Could you tell me, please, which one of the following two questions is 02b02br
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01b002) the most used by people?02b02br
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01b00"Have I to do (something)?"02b02br
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01b00"Do I have to do (something)"02b02br
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01b00Thank you in advance,02b02br
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" is for more common, at least in American English. " in the US, it would sound odd. " is slighly less odd.

— BarbaraPA

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0"Do I have to..." is for more common, at least in American English. If you say "Have I to..." in the US, it would sound odd. "Must I..." is slighly less odd. But only slightly. 0-
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01font01b00"Have I to do (something)?"02b00 02font00Correct, but uncommon.02br
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01b01font00"Do I have to do (something)"02font02b00 Correct and much, much more common. Say it this way.02br
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1b00Thank you Barb and Clive for your comments. NOW using present perfect, and according to your anwers, I think it should be much more common too to say: "02b00Do you 01i00have 02i00ever 01i00had to02i00 go to hospital?" than01b00 "01i00Have02i00 you ever 01i00had to02i00 go
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0No. "Have you ever had to go to hospital?" is correct. The first sentence is incorrect, and might not even be understood.02br
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00The reason is that 'do' is an auxiliary only for the present tense, whereas 'have' is the auxiliary for the present perfect. So, in the present tense we invert "you (do) have to go" to form the question "do you have to go?", and in the perfect
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0It might be useful to mention here that emphasis plays a big part in the spoken present tense. So you might hear "You DO have to go" if the speaker wants to convey that there is no choice in the matter, and in fact when 'do' is included in a statement it almost implies that emphasis. In a question though, an emphasis would normally fall on the verb, as in "Do you HAVE to go?" Because of this, t
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0 Present: 01i00I have to go.02i00 (01i00have02i00 is the main verb)02br
00 Add an auxiliary verb (do) in preparation for inversion: 01i00I do have to go02i00.02br
00 Invert to form a question: 01i00Do I have to go?02i02br
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00 Present Perfect: 01
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0Thank you Demetrius and CalifJim for your extensive and clear comments. What could I do with my doubts and without EF?02br
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00CJ: "Past: 01i00I had to go.02i00 (had is the main verb)" "In short, only the present and past tenses require the addition of 01i00do02i00 or 01i00does02i00 (present), or 01
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10CJ: "Past: 11i10I had to go.12i10 (had is the main verb)" "In short, only the present and past tenses require the addition of 11i10do12i10 or 11i10does12i10 (present), or 11i10did12i10 (past) before inverti
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0Okay, now I think I've got it!02br
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00Thanks A LOT02br
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0 Problem 1. Make a question from 01i00I had made a serious mistake02i00.02br
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00 1. Add an auxiliary if necessary. Not necessary (01i00had02i00 is an auxiliary; 01i00made02i00 is the main verb)02br
00 2. Invert subject and auxiliary. (01i00I had02i00 inverts to 0
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