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"What have you?""What have you got?""What do you have?"
"Have you that?""Have you got that?""Do you have that?
"What have you to do?" "What do you have to do?"
You have that, haven't you? You have that, don't you?
Are they all grammatical? Any difference in usage between them in each group above? I have heard the last one of each group is American usage and others are British usage. Any truth? Thanks!

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healerAny truth?

I can't speak for the Brits, being an American.

healer "What have you?""What have you got?""What do you have?"

"What have you?" - Not possible as a stand-alone question.

"What have you got?" "What do you have?" - Both good. The second is more likely in most contexts.

healer"Have you that?""Have you got that?""Do you have that?

"Have you that?" - Not possible, but it is grammatical. It sounds archaic.

"Have you got that?" "Do you have that?" - Both good. The second is more likely in most contexts.

healer"What have you to do?" "What do you have to do?"

"What have you to do?" - Barely possible but unlikely.

"What do you have to do?"- Normal.

healerYou have that, haven't you? You have that, don't you?

I said I couldn't speak for the Brits, but I will here. The first is British, and the second is US.

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