USE OF HAS AND HAVE

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WHY WE USE HAVE NOT HAS IN SENTENCE "WHAT DOES THE PARROT HAVE?"GIVE REASON

Anon-57 · Accepted Answer

This is known as / This is called 'verb to have' in the English language. 'Verb to have' has got two words as base form or infinitive form or present form. They are 'have' and 'has'. 'Has' is used with the third person singular number only and 'have' is used with any person any number except third person singular number. This is one point of the discussion.

The other point is that the te

The other point is that the tense of the verb of the sentence ' What does the parrot have?' is present indefinite tense or simple present tense. In the sentence, there are two verbs. They are 'does' and 'have'. 'Does' is helping verb or auxiliary verb and 'have' is principal verb or main verb.

Another point is that the sentence is a question and its tense is present indefinite tense. The structure / pattern of a Wh -question of the present indefinite tense is as follows:

WH-word ( What, How etc.) + helping verb +subject + base form of verb + extension ( if any) + ? ( Though there are other patterns, they are not applicable for this question sentence.)

According to the pattern, the sentence is ' What does the parrot have'?

The final point is that after a helping verb, the base form of 'verb to have' is always 'have' and never 'has'. This is the reason why we have used 'have' and not 'has' here in this sentence.

Clive · Answer

The auxiliary verb does must be followed by the base form of the main verb, which in this case is have.

Consider these correct examples of Simple Present tense.

The parrot has food..

The parrot does not have .food..

The parrot does have food.

What does the parrot have?

You need to review in your grammar book how to form the Simple Present tense.

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WHY WE USE . . . This is not a correct question. You need to review in your grammar book how to make a question.

The correct form is Why do we use . . . .

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Clive

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