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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Have you not?

Hello,

Is this sentence correct?

Why have you not a picture of you?

What is the difference between 'haven't I' and 'have I not?'

Thanks
  

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Is this sentence correct? -- No; it is not in normal use in contemporary English. '- - The first is conversational; the second is (overly) formal or emphatic.

— Mister Micawber

  • Is this sentence correct?
  • -- No; it is not in normal use in contemporary English.
  • '- - The first is conversational; the second is (overly) formal or emphatic.
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Is this sentence correct? Why have you not a picture of yourself?-- No; it is not in normal use in contemporary English.

What is the difference between 'haven't I' and 'have I not?'-- The first is conversational; the second is (overly) formal or emphatic.
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The usual way to say this would be
"Why don't you have a picture of yourself?"
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