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4 shorter question and negative forms:
Have you .. .?; she has not
Short question and negative forms (e.g. Have you .. .?, she has not) were common in older English. In modern English they are rather formal and uncommon (except in a few fixed expressions like I haven't the faintest idea). They are not normally used in American English.
- Have you an appointment? (formal BrE only) Do you have an appointment? (ArnE/BrE)
- Angela has not the charm ofher older sisters. (formal BrE only) Angela does not have the charm . .. (AmE/BrE)
5 have got
In conversation and informal writing, we often use the double form have got. I've got a new boyfriend. (More natural in speech than I have a new
boyfriend. )
Has your sister got a car? I haven't got your keys.
Note that have got means exactly the same as have in this case - it is a present tense of have, not the present perfect of get.
6 have got (details)
Do is not used in questions and negatives with got.
Have you got a headache? (NOT Do }'6lt h(;we g6t ...)
The flat hasn't got a proper bathroom. (NOT The flat tl6esl'l't have g6t .. .)
Got-forms of have are not used in short answers or tags.
Have you got a light?- No, I haven't. (NOT ,\fB, I haven't gBt.) AnTle's got a bike, hasn't she?
Got-forms of have are less common in the past tense.
I Iuul flu last week. (NOT I hatl gBt /Itt ...)
Did you have good teachers when you were at school?
Got is not generally used with infinitives, participles or -ing forms of have: you cannot usually say to have got a headache or having got a brother. The infinitive of have got is occasionally used after modal verbs (e.g. She must have got a new boyfriend>.
Have got is rather less common in American English, especially in questions and negatives.
In very informal American speech, people may drop 've (but not's) before got.
[(vel got a problem.
Got- and do-forms may be mixed in American English, especially when short answers, reply questions and tags follow got-forms.
I've got a new apartment. '" You do?
7 repetition: got not used
When we are talking about repeated or habitual states, got-forms of have are less often used. Compare:
- [have / I've got toothache.
[ often have toothache.
- Do you have / Have you got time to go to London this weekend?
Do you ever have time to go to London?
- Sorry, I don't have / haven't got any beer.
We don't usually have beer in the house.
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