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MIG Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Questions beginning with "have".

Hi.
Please teach me how to make a question that begins with "have".
Is it even right to do that?

Thank you for your time.
  

Top answer

Here is a nursery rhyme that is over 200 years old: Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, Three bags full; One for the master, And one for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane. " does not fit the meter.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Here is a nursery rhyme that is over 200 years old: Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool?
  • Yes, sir, yes, sir, Three bags full; One for the master, And one for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane.
  • " does not fit the meter.
  • In some English dialects, you might hear questions formed using this pattern.
  • Otherwise, any of the present perfect verb forms make questions beginning with have .
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Here is a nursery rhyme that is over 200 years old:

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full;
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.

Obviously, the correct version "Do you have any wool?" does not fi
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Thank you very much AlpheccaStars.

So a question that begins with "have" that act as a simple verb is obsolete.
But questions formed in present perfect tense are correct.

Have I gotten the concept right/correctly?
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AlpheccaStarsObviously, the correct version "Do you have any wool?" does not fit the meter.
So fivejedjon's English is incorrect when he writes: Have you a question for us?

CB
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Cool BreezeSo fivejedjon's English is incorrect when he writes: Have you a question for us?
No, not incorrect, but I find it a bit formal or old-fashioned.
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So fivejedjon's English is incorrect when he writes: Have you a question for us?

I believe this form is common in British English. And I often hear and use it in Canada.

Clive
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As I understand it, the auxiliary use of static have (Have you a question for us?) is tending to sound relatively old-fashioned even in BrE, where have got or lexical have is generally preferred.
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AlpheccaStars Cool BreezeSo fivejedjon's English is incorrect when he writes: Have you a question for us?No, not incorrect, but I find it a bit formal or old-fashioned.
I don't see much difference between Have you any wool? and Have you a question for us? What makes Have you any wool? incorrect whereas Have you a question for us? is
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Cool BreezeI don't see much difference between Have you any wool? and Have you a question for us? What makes Have you any wool? incorrect whereas Have you a question for us? is correct?CB
I think Alphecca's original post commented that in some dialects you do hear questions formed that way. In AmE, however, it would need to be "Do you have a question for us?"
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I do apologize for asking this again.
Please help me, is it wrong to say :

Have I gotten the concept correctly/correct?
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MIGHave I gotten the concept correctly/correct?
It doesn’t sound right. Have I got it right? or Do I have it right? would be natural.
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