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Leen Rose Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Is it correct to say have u instead of do u have ? :)
Is it correct to say have u a message instead of do u have a message to convey in life ?
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We say do you have? instead of have you ?. Because in this sentence have is a verb in the present form and therefore to ask a question we need to start with do .
- We say do you have?
- instead of have you ?.
- Because in this sentence have is a verb in the present form and therefore to ask a question we need to start with do .
- We build an interrogative form the same way with the other verbs (do you eat?
- ).
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We say do you have? instead of have you?. Because in this sentence have is a verb in the present form and therefore to ask a question we need to start with do. We build an interrogative form the same way with the other verbs (do you eat? do you drink?...). However if have is used as an auxiliary verb like ( you have eaten), therefore the q
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