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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
I haven't much to offer you.
Dear. teachers.
" I'm afraid I haven't much to offer you."
I thought "have" in the above sentence as a general verb not a modal verb.
so, I considered "I'm afraid I don't have much to offer you" to be acceptable.
I don't know exctly why "haven't" is used insted of "don't have".
please help me solve this problem.
thanks in advance.
" I'm afraid I haven't much to offer you."
I thought "have" in the above sentence as a general verb not a modal verb.
so, I considered "I'm afraid I don't have much to offer you" to be acceptable.
I don't know exctly why "haven't" is used insted of "don't have".
please help me solve this problem.
thanks in advance.
Top answer
Hi Anon The use of haven't is OK in your sentence. However, it would be far more common to use don't have in that sentence. Using haven't rather than don't have in your sentence strikes me as being rather old-fashioned and also a bit poetic (in American English).
- Hi Anon The use of haven't is OK in your sentence.
- However, it would be far more common to use don't have in that sentence.
- Using haven't rather than don't have in your sentence strikes me as being rather old-fashioned and also a bit poetic (in American English).
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Hi Anon
The use of haven't is OK in your sentence. However, it would be far more common to use don't have in that sentence. Using haven't rather than don't have in your sentence strikes me as being rather old-fashioned and also a bit poetic (in American English).
The use of haven't is OK in your sentence. However, it would be far more common to use don't have in that sentence. Using haven't rather than don't have in your sentence strikes me as being rather old-fashioned and also a bit poetic (in American English).
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