"Have got" or "have"

Yuri Yurinov · #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 02, 2009 15:24 pm *"Have got" or "have"*

Hi everybody,

One of Russian Student's books gives the following task: "Ask the question to the short answer 'YES, HE HAS'" but the affirmative sentences which are given in this book look only like this: "He has a nice duck". Thus, interrogative sentence must be "Has he a nice dark?" Is it possible? (The Student's Book is for the 3rd Form). I suppose in this case the question must be "Does he have a nice duck?" and the answer "Yes, he does".
On the other hand in the Students Book for the 5th Form (by the other author) affirmative sentences of this kind look like "He has got a sister" and in this case, I am sure, the question must be "Has he got a sister?" and the answer "Yes, he has".
Help me, please, to muddle through this problem.

Yuri
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Mister Micawber · #2 (permalink) Fri Sep 04, 2009 0:32 am *"Have got" or "have"*

Has he a nice duck?-- possible but not usual.
Does he have?-- the natural response is 'Yes, he does'
Has he got?-- the natural response is 'Yes, he has'

But in real life, the short responses could be reversed by the speakers, since 'Does he have' = 'Has he got' when they mean possession. Does that help?
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Yuri Yurinov · #3 (permalink) Fri Sep 04, 2009 14:18 pm *"Have got" or "have"*

Hi Mister Micawber,

Yes, of cause, it helps. It seems to me that the form "He has a nice duck" was chosen by the author of this Student's Book due to its simplicity for the beginners level and she means to introduce the most common form "He has got a nice duck" when pupils will be ready to the Present Perfect Tense but I think that it isn't too good approach, because it is much more difficult to re-educate than to educate.

Best regards,

Yuri
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Mister Micawber · #4 (permalink) Fri Sep 04, 2009 14:59 pm *"Have got" or "have"*

Yes, and besides 'has got' is rather idiomatic; it doesn't really function like a present perfect but is the primarily-American version of 'has' (possession).
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Yuri Yurinov · #5 (permalink) Fri Sep 04, 2009 15:37 pm *"Have got" or "have"*

Thanks a lot.

Yuri
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Fedorov · #6 (permalink) Wed Sep 30, 2009 19:50 pm *"Have got" or "have"*

Hi guys,
which phrase do you think is better to say: "I have eyes and ears" or "I have got eyes and ears"? Does it depend on subject we are speaking about?
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Mister Micawber · #7 (permalink) Wed Sep 30, 2009 22:53 pm *"Have got" or "have"*

Both are fine and common in spoken English; written English prefers simple 'have'.
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Fedorov · #8 (permalink) Wed Sep 30, 2009 23:05 pm *"Have got" or "have"*

And what about the difference in the meaning between them? Is there any?
P.S. To Mr. Micawber. Will you mind if I ask you whether you are a great fan of Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield"?
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Mister Micawber · #9 (permalink) Wed Sep 30, 2009 23:31 pm *"Have got" or "have"*

There is no difference in meaning.

More a fan of the character, Wilkins Micawber, than the book itself, thanks.
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Fedorov · #10 (permalink) Thu Oct 01, 2009 17:42 pm *"Have got" or "have"*

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