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HOLYMARY_852
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HELP PLEASE? I NEED AN EXPERT OPINION.
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Is any of the following sentences incorrect? If not, which is more appropriate for British speakers?
Has he a car?
Has he got a car?
Does he has a car?
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6 Aug 2009
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aftab57
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I would say the second is correct and used in Britain. |
6 Aug 2009
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lyny
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second is for UK and third is wrong.
Does he have? is right |
6 Aug 2009
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mena22
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I agree. The second one is the best option. I believe the first and the last one are incorrect. |
6 Aug 2009
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miss.cecilia
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Yes, me too. The first one should include "got" and in the last one you have to change has to have. So the only correct sentence there is the second. |
6 Aug 2009
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LuciaRaposo
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Yes, the second one... no doubt about that |
6 Aug 2009
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milenagf
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The second is the onlyone which is correct and used in UK! number 1 lacks "got" and in number 3 you should change "has" into "have". after you �ve corrected it, that would be the best choice for American English. |
6 Aug 2009
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Zora
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ALL of them are correct... Though "Has he a car?" .. is a bit strange
sounding to most people however it is also quite correct. You don �t
actually need the particle "got", as it just re-enforces the idea of
possession, but most people do tend to add it on because it sounds
better.
PS. It should be: Does he have?
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6 Aug 2009
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goodnesses
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Actually, and as far as grammar correctness is concerned, we have only two possible question forms when asking about possession of sth.. Here, it is "a car".
1-Does he have a car?
2-Has he got a car?
I don �t think the "Has he a car?" is grammatically correct. Personally I �ve never read it in any of my grammar books. I have always heard my colleagues saying "Have/has you/he got ...?".
I prefer "Do/Does you/she have ...?".
But, I can believe that "Has he a car?" is current in daily life language for today �s native speakers. "Have" (=have/has/had) in the interrogative if it is not with "do/does/did or got" for possession it must be followed by a past participle of an action verb which ends in a Yes/No question about the fulfilment or not of an action.
But if it is grammatically correct I just ask to have a reference.
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6 Aug 2009
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... do not make me cite sources... It is in "A Practical English Grammar" by Oxford Press, "English Grammar in Use" Cambridge Press .. I can even give you page and so forth.