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Musicgold Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

meaning of 'have help?'

Hi,


I heard the following dialogue in ‘The Dark Knight’. I don’t understand how ‘have help’ is used in the sentence. Is it a short form of Did you have help? How does one use it in daily conversations?

Lightly irradiated bills. Fancy stuff for a city cop. Have help?

Thanks,

MG.
  

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Without the full dialogue it is not really possible to say what is meant. "

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Without the full dialogue it is not really possible to say what is meant. It probably means "Did you have help?"
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That is the dialogue. Lieutenant Gordon is in the office of District Attorney Harvey Dent. The DA picks up a bundle of bills from a heist, and says that line to Gordon.
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I'd have to agree with Feebs. (Did you) have (any) help (from anyone in preparing/irradiating those bills)?
The inference we're supposed to draw is that a "lowly" city cop would not have the resources to do anything so sophisticated. He must therefore have enlisted the help of someone else to do the job.
CJ
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Feebs and CJ,

Thanks. I understood the intent behind that sentence, but I was not sure how I could use the phrase in a daily conversation.
So 'have help?' is not used commonly?

MG
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MusicgoldI was not sure how I could use the phrase in a daily conversation.
It's extremely unlikely that you would ever be in a situation where you would find it appropriate to say "Have help?" Stick to "Did you have help?".

Keep in mind that the script writers for these popular movies are constantly attempting to appeal to audiences with colo
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