{"id":72312,"date":"2019-09-20T05:23:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T05:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72312"},"modified":"2019-09-20T05:23:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T05:23:39","slug":"have-vs-have-got","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/have-vs-have-got\/","title":{"rendered":"Have vs. Have Got"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have got <\/b>means exactly the same as have <\/b>in affirmative clauses. Got-forms<\/b> of have are informal, and are most common in the present.<\/p>\n
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  • She has got <\/b>a new boyfriend. (= She has <\/b>a new boyfriend.)<\/li>\n
  • My mother has got<\/b> two sisters. (= My mother has<\/b> two sisters.)<\/li>\n
  • They have got <\/b>a car. (= They have <\/b>a car.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Differences<\/h3>\n

    In questions and negatives, we do not<\/b> normally use have<\/b> without got<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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    • Has <\/b>your sister got <\/b>a car? (More natural than Has your sister a car.)<\/li>\n
    • I haven\u2019t got <\/b>your keys. (More natural than I haven\u2019t your keys.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Note that it is also possible to use do-forms<\/b> of have instead of got-forms<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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      • Does <\/b>your sister have<\/b> a car? (= Has <\/b>your sister got <\/b>a car?)<\/li>\n
      • I don’t have <\/b>your keys. (= I haven\u2019t got <\/b>your keys.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Cases where have got is not used<\/h3>\n

        Have got <\/b>is not used in short answers or tags.<\/p>\n

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        • Have <\/b>you got <\/b>a headache? Yes, I have. (NOT Yes, I have got.)<\/li>\n
        • She has got <\/b>a new car, hasn\u2019t she? (NOT — hasn\u2019t she got?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Got-forms of have <\/b>are less common in the past tense.<\/p>\n

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          • I had <\/b>flu last week. (NOT I had got flu last week.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            British-American differences<\/h3>\n

            In British English, have <\/b>without got <\/b>is possible in short questions and negatives, though these are often formal.<\/p>\n

            Compare:<\/p>\n

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            • Have <\/b>you a car? (Formal GB only)<\/li>\n
            • Have <\/b>you got <\/b>a car? OR Do <\/b>you have <\/b>a car? (US\/GB)<\/li>\n
            • It\u2019s a nice flat, but it hasn\u2019t <\/b>a proper bathroom. (Formal GB only)<\/li>\n
            • It\u2019s a nice flat, but it doesn\u2019t have <\/b>a proper bathroom. OR It\u2019s a nice flat, but it hasn\u2019t got <\/b>a proper bathroom. (US\/GB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Have got means exactly the same as have in affirmative clauses. Got-forms of have are informal, and are most common in the present. She has got a new boyfriend. (= She has a new...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[1521,1522,1523],"class_list":["post-72312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-have","tag-have-got","tag-have-vs-have-got"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72313,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72312\/revisions\/72313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}