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Anon f8r Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

What do you have planned for the weekend?

Is it common in America to say 'What do you have planned for the weekend'? It sounds grammatically wrong to me. Someone suggested that it is a contraction for 'What do you have that is planned for the weekend?'.
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' This sounds normal to me. You could also say What are your plans for this weekend? or What are you doing this weekend?

— Blue Jay

  • ' This sounds normal to me.
  • You could also say What are your plans for this weekend?
  • or What are you doing this weekend?
  • etc.
  • '.
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Hongkie'What do you have planned for the weekend?'
This sounds normal to me. You could also say What are your plans for this weekend? or What are you doing this weekend? etc.
Hongkie'What do you have that is planned for the weekend?'.
This sounds odd to m
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Thanks, Blue Jay.

Is that sentence in present perfect tense?
Why is it not 'What have you planned for the weekend?' ? Why is there a 'do'?
I suppose the word 'planned' is the main verb and 'have' is the auxiliary verb. Is the word 'do' also an auxiliary verb?

Thanks again.
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HongkieIs it common in America to say 'What do you have planned for the weekend'?
Yes. It's fine even if it sounds wrong to you. Here are some others with the same pattern.

I have nothing planned for the weekend.
Jack has a dental appointment scheduled for Tuesday.
Lucy had a letter written, but she never sent it.
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Thank you, CJ.

I have got it. The word 'planned' is a past participle used as an adjective, right?
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Hongkiepast participle used as an adjective
You got it. Emotion: smile

CJ
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