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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Really the same

Although simple, are they really the same?

1. I do not have a car.

2. I have not a car.
  

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#2 is not used in current English, though it may have been a few hundred years ago.

— Mister Micawber

  • #2 is not used in current English, though it may have been a few hundred years ago.
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#2 is not used in current English, though it may have been a few hundred years ago.
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Hi Mr. Micawber!

Is it normal to say " I have no car." instead of " I don't have a car."
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The more 'normal' is 'I don't have a car', but both are fine. The other is used more often for emphasis.
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Sometimes, I can still hear somebody say,

"Have you not a car?"

"Haven't you a car?"

Why is the question form of this kind still popular?
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The second is used more often in BrE. The first is never used, to my knowledge.
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mudclayIs it normal to say " I have no car." instead of " I don't have a car."
There is a tendency to use the "don't have" structure for concrete nouns, and the "have no" structure for abstract nouns, but both structures are used for both cases.

I have no idea ...
You seem to have no trouble ...
Karen has no ambition when it comes to ...
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Hi guys,



Here in Canada, I never hear 'I have not a car', but I sometimes hear 'I haven't a car'.



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