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MoodyMoody
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Apodo, I don �t know about Australian English, but in American English, we rarely use have not without do in the simple present. About a hundred years ago, yes, but not now. The language has changed.
And Bruce vanogator, I mentioned that "hasn �t got" is using get as the main verb, not have. It is still in the form of the present perfect.
imanito, your sentence is also correct. |
15 Dec 2010
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Zora
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Sorry Moody... you are mistaken in your assumption that "has got" is the present perfect tense in this type of sentence. It �s not. It is the verb "have got" or "have"... in it�s third person present singular negative form.
http://library.thinkquest.org/10679/english/eng_ov2.html
Regards,
Linda
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15 Dec 2010
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a-man-i
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As 4 ur question : "Why can �t we say hasn �t ???"
We can �t use hasn �t moon without got (in this case) so either It hasn �t got moons OR It has no moons.
If u want 2 use has and not does. :)
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15 Dec 2010
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