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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Get or have

Can I have the receipt? Or

Can I get the receipt?

Are get and have interchangeable in most cases?
  

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Hi, Can I have the receipt? Or Can I get the receipt? Are get and have interchangeable in most cases?

  • Hi, Can I have the receipt?
  • Or Can I get the receipt?
  • Are get and have interchangeable in most cases?
  • In a context like the above, yes.
  • But 'get' is a littlel\ less formal and possibly a little less polite.
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Hi,

Can I have the receipt? Or

Can I get the receipt?

Are get and have interchangeable in most cases? In a context like the above, yes. But 'get' is a littlel\ less formal and possibly a little less polite.



We usually add 'please' to requests like the above. Without it, they sound rude.



'The receipt' suggests a receipt is c

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