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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
'got'
Do you have a car we can use?
Have you got a car we can use?
Is the form of the question in bold to blame for the bold form of the statement below?
If not, why has 'got' seeped into such sentence forms?
Yes, I have a car we can use.
Yes, I have got a car we can use.
Thanks
Have you got a car we can use?
Is the form of the question in bold to blame for the bold form of the statement below?
If not, why has 'got' seeped into such sentence forms?
Yes, I have a car we can use.
Yes, I have got a car we can use.
Thanks
Top answer
Yes, or vice versa. Perhaps it's a Which came first, the chicken or the egg? sort of thing.
- Yes, or vice versa.
- Perhaps it's a Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
- sort of thing.
- " are somewhere in between.
- Google would probably prove me wrong.
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Yes, or vice versa. Perhaps it's a Which came first, the chicken or the egg? sort of thing.
Still, "I've got a car" is more common casually than "Have you a car?"
"I have a car" and "Do you have a car?" are somewhere in between.
Google would probably prove me wrong. I haven't the courage to look.
Scholars who investigate "which came first?" issues usua
Still, "I've got a car" is more common casually than "Have you a car?"
"I have a car" and "Do you have a car?" are somewhere in between.
Google would probably prove me wrong. I haven't the courage to look.
Scholars who investigate "which came first?" issues usua
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Hi, Avangi
Yeah, I find it rather interesting that 'have you a car,' the simplest of them all, is the least used version... Where is the sense in that? I may be inclined to write this simpler form--since brevity is more important in writing than speech, IMO.
Yeah, I find it rather interesting that 'have you a car,' the simplest of them all, is the least used version... Where is the sense in that? I may be inclined to write this simpler form--since brevity is more important in writing than speech, IMO.
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English 1b3I may be inclined to write this simpler form--since brevity is more important in writing than speech, IMO.I wouldn't recommend doing that, English 1b3, unless you intend your English to come across as sounding stilted. It is perfectly acceptable and standard and NORMAL to use 'do you have' in written English.
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Hi, Yankee
Stilted indeed. Unsure exactly why I made that comment. I very rarely would write that way... I think I was just trying to make the point that it's odd how the lengthier version prevails in both writing and speech. Typically, we try and shorten absolutely everything, eg txt language.
Stilted indeed. Unsure exactly why I made that comment. I very rarely would write that way... I think I was just trying to make the point that it's odd how the lengthier version prevails in both writing and speech. Typically, we try and shorten absolutely everything, eg txt language.
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English 1b3I think I was just trying to make the point that it's odd how the lengthier version prevails in both writing and speech. Typically, we try and shorten absolutely everything, eg txt language."Do you have a car?" often ends up something approaching "Jav a car?" which is just as short as "Have you a car?" and arguably easier to say because of the vow
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