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I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately) #16 (permalink) Thu May 31, 2007 23:32 pm   I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately)
 

Hi Delta,

I'm sure that the test makers want you to choose answer A. It's a standard question in ESL tests.

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I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately) #17 (permalink) Thu May 31, 2007 23:34 pm   I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately)
 

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I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately) #18 (permalink) Thu May 31, 2007 23:43 pm   I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately)
 

Delta, the problem is that both A and B are correct in that sentence and mean the same thing. We're not joking about this! We both know English very well, and I'm trained in English linguistics and am an English teacher. I'm telling you that there is no way to determine whether A or B is the answer the test writers wanted, because both of them are completely correct.

You know, if this is a TOEFL exam, you have the right to appeal questions that you think were wrongly marked or are unfair. In this case, I would do it.
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I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately) #19 (permalink) Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:03 am   I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately)
 

Now I got to know 'Have you went...' is also possible in southern USA. I love variations! Smile

Just a digression but I would like to know whether 'what do you got?' sounds more natural than 'what have you got?' on a daily conversational basis and regardless of grammatical format.

Thank you!

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I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately) #20 (permalink) Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:18 am   I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately)
 

Haihao wrote:
Just a digression but I would like to know whether 'what do you got?' sounds more natural than 'what have you got?' on a daily conversational basis and regardless of grammatical format.

Of the things we would say in daily conversation, the following choices are possible:

"What have you got?"
"Whataya got?"
"Whatcha got?"


So we wouldn't ever really say, "What do you got?", but "Whataya got?" (with the first [t] pronounced like a fast [d]).
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I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately) #21 (permalink) Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:55 am   I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately)
 

Now I got everythin' I wanna get. Smile Thank you, Jamie!
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I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately) #22 (permalink) Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:32 am   I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately)
 

Jamie (K) wrote:
Haihao wrote:
Just a digression but I would like to know whether 'what do you got?' sounds more natural than 'what have you got?' on a daily conversational basis and regardless of grammatical format.

Of the things we would say in daily conversation, the following choices are possible:

"What have you got?"
"Whataya got?"
"Whatcha got?"


So we wouldn't ever really say, "What do you got?", but "Whataya got?" (with the first [t] pronounced like a fast [d]).


Hi, Jamie

Once I very distinctly heard this one:
So, what do we got.
It was uttered by a cop arrived at the scene of a crime.
Do you think it is unnatural ?
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I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately) #23 (permalink) Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:18 pm   I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately)
 

lost_soul wrote:
Once I very distinctly heard this one:
So, what do we got.
It was uttered by a cop arrived at the scene of a crime.
Do you think it is unnatural ?

I don't know if it's unnatural, but it's nonstandard speech, and the word "do" would not normally be articulated clearly. Normally it would sound like "da". But I suppose it could happen.
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I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately) #24 (permalink) Wed Jun 06, 2007 16:38 pm   I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately)
 

One might also write "whadda" to take the place of "what do".

(in the same fashion that one might substitute "gonna" for "going to")

Note: This is for informal writing only.
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