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Grammar and Linguistics > has and has got
has and has got
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marwashehab
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has and has got
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I just wanted to ask a simple question, I saw a lot of worksheets to choose has / have and some other worksheets to choose has got and have got so I just wanted to know if there is a difference between has and has got and have and have got.
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9 Mar 2010
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mjpa
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Have or Has + got is used to refer to possesion, whereas have or has (without got) is used in all the other cases ie: have lunch, have a shower ......
When the verb is used to refer to possesion it is conjugated in the following way:
I have got a dog
I haven�t got a dog
Have I got a dog?
In the other cases it needs an auxiliar to make the negative and interrogative.
I always have lunch at 2.
I don�t have lunch at 2.
Do you have lunch at 2? |
9 Mar 2010
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marwashehab
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Thanks a lot for information. This site is really useful.
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9 Mar 2010
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flaviatl
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I think that another difference is that in American English, have is used whereas in British English, they use have got for possession.
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9 Mar 2010
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dawnmain
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have got is more informal and tends to be used in speaking whereas have tends to be mroe formal and therefore tends to be written.
more importantly is the negative - we don �t say I haven �t a dog. |
9 Mar 2010
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