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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Have / Got
1. Do I got your word? (Is this incorrect? Or is it colloquially correct?)
2. Do I have your word?
Thanks.
2. Do I have your word?
Thanks.
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' is correct in standard English. ' no doubt occurs somewhere in non-standard English, but most people would look at you very strangely if you said it. MrP
- ' is correct in standard English.
- ' no doubt occurs somewhere in non-standard English, but most people would look at you very strangely if you said it.
- MrP
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Hello Jack
'Do I have your word?' is correct in standard English.
'Do I got your word?' no doubt occurs somewhere in non-standard English, but most people would look at you very strangely if you said it.
MrP
'Do I have your word?' is correct in standard English.
'Do I got your word?' no doubt occurs somewhere in non-standard English, but most people would look at you very strangely if you said it.
MrP
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"have got" and "do have" are the combinations, not "do got".
Have you got the keys? Do you have the keys?
Or in the third person singular: Has he got the keys? Does he have the keys?
CJ
Have you got the keys? Do you have the keys?
Or in the third person singular: Has he got the keys? Does he have the keys?
CJ
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CalifJim"have got" and "do have" are the combinations, not "do got".Very common in spoken [American] English; but I certainly would not recommend it in formal (even informal)
Have you got the keys? Do you have the keys?
Or in the third person singular: Has he got the keys? Does he have the keys?
CJ
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In that case, tell us what your recommendation is for the formal (even informal) way to write the equivalent of "Have you got the keys?" or "Do you have the keys?". Pray tell, is it "Possesseth thou the keys?"
And while you're at it, tell us in what formal situation the sentence "Have you got the keys?" or "Do you have the keys?" would actually occur, because I'm stumped. A governor'
And while you're at it, tell us in what formal situation the sentence "Have you got the keys?" or "Do you have the keys?" would actually occur, because I'm stumped. A governor'
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CalifJimIn that case, tell us what your recommendation is for the formal (even informal) way to write the equivalent of "Have you got the keys?" or "Do you have the keys?". Pray tell, is it "Possesseth thou the keys?"
And while you're at it, tell us in what formal situation the sentence "Have you got the keys?" or "Do you have the keys?" would actually occur, because
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Aha! Now I understand. Nevertheless, I was under the impression that "Have you got ..." was more British than American. I have an American friend who teaches English in Italy. They use a British textbook. The first sentence in it is "Have you got a pen?" He complains that it is not what he would normally use, preferring "Do you have ...". He catches himself in the following trap:
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Hello CJ
"I've got", "have you got", etc. flourish in spoken BrE; though they're not very frequent in business correspondence or academic writings. For some reason, "get" has a bad name over here, in all its forms and idioms.
(Many BrE readers would have winced, if I'd written '"get" has got a bad name over here'.)
Pity. It means we have to put up with all kinds of puny
"I've got", "have you got", etc. flourish in spoken BrE; though they're not very frequent in business correspondence or academic writings. For some reason, "get" has a bad name over here, in all its forms and idioms.
(Many BrE readers would have winced, if I'd written '"get" has got a bad name over here'.)
Pity. It means we have to put up with all kinds of puny
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