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"Anyone have a pen?" vs "Anyone has a pen?"



 
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"Anyone have a pen?" vs "Anyone has a pen?" #1 (permalink) Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:56 am   "Anyone have a pen?" vs "Anyone has a pen?"
 

Hello

As an eliptical sentence, what should be its structure?

1- Anyone have a pen?
2- Anyone has a pen?

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"Anyone have a pen?" vs "Anyone has a pen?" #2 (permalink) Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:41 am   "Anyone have a pen?" vs "Anyone has a pen?"
 

Hi Tom,

You have to consider what would be the full form before you use the condensed form and so, Understand? is the short form of Do you understand ? or Understood? is the short form of Have you understood?. In your sentences:

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1 Anyone have a pen?
2- Anyone has a pen?


1 is the only possible sentence because this means: Does anyone HAVE a pen?
2 doesn't work because you can't say: Does anyone has a pen?

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"Anyone have a pen?" vs "Anyone has a pen?" #3 (permalink) Thu Feb 22, 2007 17:31 pm   "Anyone have a pen?" vs "Anyone has a pen?"
 

Thanks Alan,

This REALLY is a good tip.

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