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Grammar and Linguistics > Grammar question time.
Grammar question time.
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blunderbuster
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Grammar question time.
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Hi,
If I say: You have two cats, ....
How would I continue with the tag?
...don �t you? or
...haven �t you?
In my opinion it should be "don �t you" because "have" is no auxiliary in the first sentence.
Regards
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12 Oct 2010
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feyaN
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HI)
I believe you can say "...haven �t you?" If the sentence is : You have GOT two cats,... In your sentence : You have two cats,... the correct tag will be "...don �t you?" |
12 Oct 2010
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mish.cz
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I understand and teach it the way feya has written
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12 Oct 2010
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blunderbuster
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Thank you guys, that �s what I thought, found it in one of today �s printables, using it tomorrow ;o)
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12 Oct 2010
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analis_bernacchi
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I believe "HAVEN`T YOU"? is the best.
However, your tag would be "don`t you?" if your original sentence was "You do have two cats, don`t you?" (In this one you are stressing the DO, meaning "YOU DEFINETELY HAVE TWO CATS") |
12 Oct 2010
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Olindalima ( F )
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You have two cats, don �t you?
You have got two cats, haven �t you?
The verb have is, sometimes the main verb, the first sentence, so the auxiliary has to be the verb DO.
The second sentence the main verb is GET, you build the questiontag with the auxiliary HAVE ( auxiliar of a present perfect ).
I �m pretty sure, as far, waiting for better solutions
Linda
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12 Oct 2010
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JudyHalevi
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I think correctly one would say haven �t you, but most of us native speakers don �t speak that way and we would say don �t you.
Hugs from Israel
Judy |
12 Oct 2010
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chrissmolder
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I think actually that it depends on where you are from. I could be wrong but I think Americans prefer �don �t you � ( I �m actually American, BTW) and people from Britain prefer �haven �t you �. |
12 Oct 2010
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