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Which is correct?
Have you a car?
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Do you have a car?
20%
 20%  [ 3 ]
Have you got a car?
13%
 13%  [ 2 ]
All three are correct.
66%
 66%  [ 10 ]
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Have you got a car? Sat Sep 27, 2003 23:03 pm  Have you got a car?
 

Let's see what you think...
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Have you got a car? Tue Oct 14, 2003 8:42 am  Have you got a car?
 

Hey

What is the correct one. I'm confused, and don't tell me all of them are correct...... Laughing
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All three correct Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:06 am  All three correct
 

Well, grammatically all three versions are correct, I guess. (Alan will confirm this). 'Have you a car'? is very British and might be a bit old-fashioned now. 'Have you got a car?' is the typcial British question whereas 'Do you have a car?' is a bit more American. With English being an international language, these differences will diminish though...
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All three correct Tue Oct 14, 2003 11:10 am  All three correct
 

Torsten wrote:
Well, grammatically all three versions are correct, I guess. (Alan will confirm this). 'Have you a car'? is very British and might be a bit old-fashioned now. 'Have you got a car?' is the typcial British question whereas 'Do you have a car?' is a bit more American. With English being an international language, these differences will diminish though...

Thanks for clarification, and still waiting for Professor Alan to confirm it,

Many thanks for your remark..
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Have got ect... Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:49 pm  Have got ect...
 

I would like to make some comments about 'have'. 'Have you a car?' I would not accept as an alternative to: 'Do you own a car?' in the sense of possession or ownership.

At the same time it is possible to say: 'I have a car' . Similarly it is not acceptable to say: 'I haven't a car.' I am using the word 'acceptable' and not 'correct' because I am referring to how something is used in current English. If you are going to use 'have' with the meaning 'possess', it is preferable to use it as follows:
'I don't have a car?'
'Do you have a car?'
'I have a car.'
'I haven't got a car.'
'Have you got a car?'
'I have got a car'.

'Have you?' pops up in various expressions in an idiomatic form and at the moment I can honestly only think of one:

'Have you a moment/second?' in the sense of
'Are you free to talk to me for a short time?'

But then in statements 'have' is used for all sorts of things idiomatically: have a bath, have a baby, have a headache - all of which are not related to ownership.

What I have said in this note is certainly not exhaustive. I feel that 'have' warrants a chapter to itself.
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Have you got a car? Tue Oct 14, 2003 13:24 pm  Have you got a car?
 

That is What I can Say atleast Perfect, Thank you for youe Detaild answer,,

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