Re: [tied] English.

From: petegray
Message: 7978
Date: 2001-07-19

>I was just starving for
> good old "Have you (got)..." from British English textbooks, but I
> was unlucky.

A phrase like "Have you a pen?" is laughably old fashioned. On the other
hand, "Have you got a pen?" is what I would normally say and expect to hear.

Peter

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