have you got money?

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Hi,I am rather foreign to this sentence construction of the "Have you got something?" thing.I hear this kind of sentence construction from looks-to-be-highly-educated people? Can you tell me where this construction is from and is this a correct and widely accepted construction with popular support?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Have you got X?

is a very ordinary formula used frequently by all English speakers, regardless of their level of education.

I'm curious. What do you find strange about it?

CJ

Ruslana · Answer

I have got a watch. Have you got a watch? I haven't got a watch.

I have a watch. Have you a watch? [Do you have a watch?] I haven't a watch. I have no watch.

Have vs Have got

But don't mix the constructions have got and Present Perfect + to get.

I have just got a letter from my brother.

Hope it helps.

Matress · Answer

Anonymous
Hi,

I am rather foreign to this sentence construction of the "Have you got something?" thing.

I hear this kind of sentence construction from looks-to-be-highly-educated people? Can you tell me where this construction is from and is this a correct and widely accepted construction with popular support?

Have got = have

Lucy has got two brothers and three sisters.

Have you got five dollars to lend me?

I've got to be there at 5: P.M.

Don't forget : Use 'have got" just in Simple Present tense.

have you got money?

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