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Does your flat have a ....?
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moravc
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Does your flat have a ....?
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Hello,
Can anyone tell me whether these sentences are American or British English?
Does your kitchen have a window?
Does the bathroom have a mirror?
My apartment has a view of the river.
I think it �s American...
I am not used to those phrases... I would use these sentences:
Do YOU have a window in the kitchen? Is there a window in your kitchen?
DO you have a mirror in the bathroom? Is there a mirror in the bathroom?
There is a view of the river from my flat.
So would you be so kind and explain me which sentences are better?
I usually use have/has for possessions of living creatures, not things...
Maybe I am wrong and I follow the rules of my mother tongue.....
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24 Sep 2009
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Malvine
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Though I �m not a native speaker but the sentences sound all right to me because actually it is not YOU that has a window, it really is THE KITCHEN that has it. "There is" also sounds right. |
24 Sep 2009
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wilwarin32
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I don �t know whether that �a American or British... I would use there to be, and not have got. It sounds weird to me, otherwise.
Hugs,
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24 Sep 2009
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Malvine
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The shoulder bag has a top handle and a silver toned zip for fastening. The bag has a grey suede lining and has internal pockets with a zip. ...
Would it be better to say "There is a top handle ON the handbag... etc."? I don �t know... |
24 Sep 2009
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PhilipR
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All you �ve written is correct. Don �t worry about translation.
In fact, you can also use have/has got instead of have (a bit more British though).
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24 Sep 2009
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moravc
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OK, guys, thanks a lot for your help!
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24 Sep 2009
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Tere-arg
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I do not know if "have" is correct or not. I can only say it does not sound natural. 
As far as I know...comparing a handbag with a room does not seem to be right.
We say "the bag has a top handle..." because the handle is part of the bag, but it does not happen the same with the kitchen which is a place where there are certain things (furniture, etc)
Does your kitchen have a window? (= the window is part of the kitchen)
Is there a window in the kitchen?
but...
Is there a mirror in the bathroom?
Do/Does + have American English and Informal British English
Have got Formal Br English
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24 Sep 2009
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Bruna Dutra
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Well, like others have mentioned, I am not a native either. But I can say that I have a pretty good auditory memory and I remember like a record playing in my head some episode of �Friends � where they say something like "the apartment has a great view". But that �s nothing if I can �t find that �natives � have said it. But if you type "the room has windows" (what I did to see if I was right) on Google, you �ll find a great deal of hotels (in both England and the US) that used that sentence in the same way you wanted to know if it was possible, and many other stuff, of course.
I guess I wanted to say it sounds perfectly fine (to me) and I would bet all my chips on saying that it can, too, be said.
Although �things � do not own �things �... they can HAVE them!! hehehehe
Best regards, guys!
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24 Sep 2009
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mariamit
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Although I have heard the use of "have"- I personally as a native speaker would go with "is there" Like PhilipRI �d also use have got instead of have. Still it is all correct.
Have a nice Thursday. Remember the weekendis around the corner. I �m off to school.
Maria |
24 Sep 2009
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This is funny.
my kitchen thinks she is to say that she has a window? That window my kitchen has is mine, because I bought it.