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Grammar and Linguistics > WEAR = HAVE ON
WEAR = HAVE ON
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ohermann
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WEAR = HAVE ON
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Hi my dear friends,
sorry for asking maybe a stupid question  but I couldn�t solve the problem by means of murphy�s grammar books: the verb wear can be used in progressive form: e.g.
Look! Jane is wearing her new dress.
Can the verb have on be used also in progressive form (or just in simple form as the verb have meaning to posses)?
e.g.
Look! Jane is having her new dress on.
Thanks a lot in advance for your kind help.  |
26 Jul 2010
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jannabanna
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Hi,
As a native speaker I can assure you that you cannot say: Jane is having her new dress on.
Have - meaning to possess - in English English (not American English) is usually used with got (in the present). But �have � can also mean other things for example:
He �s having a good time.
She �s having a bath at the moment.
They �re having their roof repaired.
But I �m sure you know that already!
Have a nice week.
Janet |
26 Jul 2010
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ohermann
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Thanks a lot for your prompt and clear answer, Janet. 
Oto |
26 Jul 2010
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PhilipR
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�Having on � is a false friend (anhaben in German).
BTW, when �have� means to possess, it�s always used in the present simple form (e.g. I have a car, I have 3 brothers). |
26 Jul 2010
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MarionG
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Hi Philip, just wondering, isn �t it possible to use it in past tense as well? I had a hundred euros when I left this morning, now I have only 20 left.. Or more dramatically, I had two brothers but sadly one died and now I have only one..(or one had a sex change operation and now I have one brother and one sister...)
(my choice of examples seems to be influenced by my extended stay in Holland.. ;) |
26 Jul 2010
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sulekra
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You �re quite right marion:)
As for "having on", the only use I could think of is when someone is pretending/joking/deceiving.
What!? Did you really win a million dollars or are you having me on?
I believed him when he said he wanted to go out with me, but he was just having me on.
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26 Jul 2010
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