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EyeSeeYou Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

I' ve a computer

0 I've recently read on an English Grammar and Language book that it's wrong to write the sort form of have [ like in I'VE] when refering to posession. That it should be written I HAVE or I HAVE GOT. 02br
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0 I wouldn't say it was wrong, ICU; but sometimes you want to stress the 'have', when you mean 'possess', which is difficult if you're using the short form. 02br 02br 00For instance, I would happily write: 02br 02br 001. I've got a computer.

— MrPedantic

  • 0 I wouldn't say it was wrong, ICU; but sometimes you want to stress the 'have', when you mean 'possess', which is difficult if you're using the short form.
  • 02br 02br 00For instance, I would happily write: 02br 02br 001.
  • I've got a computer.
  • 02br 02br 00But if I wanted to say 'I have a cold', I would normally put more stress on the 'have' than 'I've' would permit.
  • So I would write 'have' out in full.
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0 I wouldn't say it was wrong, ICU; but sometimes you want to stress the 'have', when you mean 'possess', which is difficult if you're using the short form. 02br
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001. I've got a computer. 02br
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00But if I wanted to say 'I have a cold', I would normally put more stress on the 'hav
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0 I think if we were WRITING formally we would use "I have", but in speech we use "I've" 0-
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0 I would suggest that the short form 0100 is more common to BrE than NaE. 0-
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0 The use of "'ve" as the main verb is virtually unheard of in AmE. Not so in BrE. 02br
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0 i dont think "I've a computer" is right 02br
00i think 've is only short form of have when it's simple perfect tense 0-
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0 It's right, Hqt but it's just not very common. 0-
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