"Do you have" vs. "Have you"

Ashar Azeem · Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:57 am *"Do you have" vs. "Have you"*

All Questions start with H.V. and contain a Verb. Now see;

Q. Do you have a pen? v.s Have you a pen?

in first "have" stands for a Verb, whilst in second, Have stands for a H.V.

Please explain it.

Do all Questions have a H.v and Verb necessarily?

Torsten · Wed Jan 17, 2007 17:49 pm *"Do you have" vs. "Have you"*

Hi, most questions have a help verb but some don't. In your example, both questions are correct but "Do you have a pen?" is more often used than "Have you a pen?" which might be a bit old fashioned.
Let me know if this answers your question and welcome to our forum.

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Jamie (K) · Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:03 am *"Do you have" vs. "Have you"*

In older forms of English, it was possible to form a question just by moving the main verb ahead of the subject. You can still hear such questions in court in the United States:

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