Moira in Cambridge.
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I always say, "You have (got) a car, haven't you?" and never "You have (got) a car, don't you?" How many folks out there use the tag, "don't you" in THAT situation? I'm hearing it a lot lately. There IS a logic to it as the question could be HAVE you a car? HAVE you got a car? Or DO/DON'T you have a car? Therefor the auxiliary DO/DON'T seems to have a claim to be in the tag! I'd like to know other English native-speaker thoughts on this. Please.
2022年8月11日 10:24
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Hey Moira, I think you've touched on a UK/USA difference here. As a Canadian, I never, ever say "have" in question tags after "have" when it's indicating possession. I always use "do" like so: You have a car, don't you? And formally, You have a vehicle, do you not? When "have" is functioning as an auxiliary, such as in the present perfect, I would use "have" in the question tag: You've seen that movie, haven't you?
2022年8月11日
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Moira in Cambridge.
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英语, 柯尔克孜语, 其他, 葡萄牙语, 斯洛文尼亚语, 乌克兰语
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柯尔克孜语, 其他, 葡萄牙语, 斯洛文尼亚语, 乌克兰语