They are all correct. “Has he a car?” is formal and old fashioned, but is still heard.
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If there are 3 than you can't say "both"!They are both correct. “Has he a car?” is formal and old fashioned, but is still heard.
(Probably heard within Rees-Mogg's inner circle
Yes it immediately transported me back to the way my grandmother spoke, it has a distinctly 1920’s1930’s feel to it!They are both correct. “Has he a car?” is formal and old fashioned, but is still heard.
(Probably heard within Rees-Mogg's inner circle
Glad you said it not me!
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It clears up so much. Now, for the advanced edition:
I vote for number 2. I think get and its past tense got and gotten are overused in colloquial English. We seen to "get" everything without any consideration of the words designed for the action involved. Get over-forget, get up - arise, get by - survive, get past - avoid, etc. etc.
Logically and linguistically speaking, that would be the right call. All other regular and irregular verbs, with the exception of "to be", are conjugated like that. I distinctly remember my utter confusion the first time I went to the USA and asked for , let's say, salad dressing.
Utterly incongruous, I thought.
What is squash (the concentrated sweet drink variety you dilute with water) called in America?Logically and linguistically speaking, that would be the right call. All other regular and irregular verbs, with the exception of "to be", are conjugated like that. I distinctly remember my utter confusion the first time I went to the USA and asked for , let's say, salad dressing.
"Have you got any mayonnaise? "
"Yes we do."
A friend of mine wanted an orange drink and some cookies, so he asked for squash and biscuits.
Utterly incongruous, the waiter must have thought. What's this crazy Brit going to do with a pumpkin and some savoury scones covered in white sausage gravy???
To the best of my knowledge (and I could be wrong), I don’t think we really have those here.