Difference between We dont have and we have not

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Anonymous  #322465  Wed, 31 Jan 07 05:05 PM

Can any one let me know what is the difference between

We don't have uploaded

and

We have not uploaded

and why should we use that....(I am very weak in english grammer)

Thanks in advance

  
Ruslana  #322517  Wed, 31 Jan 07 07:12 PM

We don't have it uploaded = Someone hasn't uploaded it for us.

We have not uploaded it = We ourselves haven't uploaded it.

  
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Marius Hancu  #322536  Wed, 31 Jan 07 07:52 PM
 Ruslana wrote:

We don't have it uploaded = Someone hasn't uploaded it for us.

We have not uploaded it = We ourselves haven't uploaded it.

Agree with the 2nd, but I think the 1st can mean both (someone else or ourselves). It just isn't there (uploaded).
  
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CalifJim  #322604  Wed, 31 Jan 07 10:08 PM
We don't have uploaded (the file) is not correct because you have two auxiliary verbs before a past participle, do (as part of don't) and havedo, don't, does, doesn't, did, and didn't cannot be used if followed by has, have, or had followed by a past participle.

So the following are all incorrect:  did had gone, don't have seen, didn't has walked, do have wanted, doesn't has heard.

They should be:  had gone, have not seen, has not walked, have wanted, and has not heard.

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Ant_222  #322614  Wed, 31 Jan 07 10:26 PM
CalifJim:
«We don't have uploaded (the file)...»

Maybe: "we don't have it uploaded" — Present Simple?
  
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CalifJim  #322622  Wed, 31 Jan 07 10:58 PM
Without a complete question, one can only guess at an answer, I suppose.  It's impossible to say whether the original question was about the grammaticality of We don't have uploaded (something) or about the grammaticality of We don't have (something) uploaded.  Given that the full and consecutive set of words We don't have uploaded was given with nothing intervening between have and uploaded, I concluded that I should  answer as if the question concerned We don't have uploaded (something).

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Sashasaski  #322702  Thu, 01 Feb 07 03:28 AM
Judging from his original question, I can suspect what he might be asking is simply the difference between
"We don't have (noun)." and "We have not (noun)."

"uploaded" can be misguiding us to think that question is about the tense.
Let's say we put "disks" after uploaded.

My understanding is:
"We don't have uploaded disks/We have not uploaded disks." share same meaning. But latter is more confusing (because it looks like present perfect tense) and became archaic way.

I know that I might be way off and making fool of myself here. I just couldn't resist the temptation of meddling around.
  
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