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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
Usage

"Does anyone have" or "Does anyone has"?

Hi,
Whis one is the correct usage "Does anyone have a pen?" or "Does anyone has a pen?"?
Thanks
Kens
  

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[nq:1]Hi, Whis one is the correct usage "Does anyone have a pen?" or "Does anyone has a pen?"? Thanks Kens[/nq]
have
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Thanks raymond. Do you know what gramatic rule is behind this, and if I can find a reference to this rule/usage?
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[nq:1]Hi, Whis one is the correct usage "Does anyone have a pen?" or "Does anyone has a pen?"? Thanks Kens[/nq]
'Have'. You have to follow the auxiliary verb 'do' with the infinitive, and it's the auxiliary 'does' that shows that 'anyone' is singular. In exactly the same way "does he have any friends?"

DC
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[nq:2]Hi, Whis one is the correct usage "Does anyone have a pen?" or "Does anyone has a pen?"? Thanks Kens[/nq]
[nq:1]have[/nq]
It's the "do" or "does" that must agree with the subject. The other verb is always going to be in the infinitive form.
Do they walk...?
Do they go...?
Do they have...?
Does he walk...?
Does he go...?
Does he have...?

Best - Donna R
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[nq:2]Hi, Whis one is the correct usage "Does anyone have a pen?" or "Does anyone has a pen?"?[/nq]
[nq:1]have[/nq]
In British English one could also say "Has anyone a pen?" or (informally) "Anyone got a pen?"
Alan Jones
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[nq:2]have[/nq]
[nq:1]In British English one could also say "Has anyone a pen?" or (informally) "Anyone got a pen?"[/nq]
While I don't quibble with the above, I would ask: "Anyone have a pen?".
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[nq:1]Hi, Whis one is the correct usage "Does anyone have a pen?" or "Does anyone has a pen?"?[/nq]
Have. Second person.
Gary Eickmeier
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[nq:2]Hi, Whis one is the correct usage "Does anyone have a pen?" or "Does anyone has a pen?"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Have. Second person.[/nq]
Very often you'll hear native speakers shorten your sentence to:

"Anyone has a pen?", truncating the required auxiliary.

By now I think it may be quite acceptable - anyone care to comment?

Correct, of course, is "Anyone have a pen?".
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[nq:2]Have. Second person.[/nq]
[nq:1]Very often you'll hear native speakers shorten your sentence to: "Anyone has a pen?", truncating the required auxiliary.[/nq]
No, not here (N. England).
"Has anyone a pen?" feels OK, yours sounds like baby talk to me.

Jim
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[nq:2]Have. Second person.[/nq]
[nq:1]Very often you'll hear native speakers shorten your sentence to: "Anyone has a pen?", truncating the required auxiliary. By now I think it may be quite acceptable - anyone care to comment?[/nq]
Seems sort of non-native-speakery to me, though not impossible for a native speaker to say.

Steny '08!

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