Melanie  +  76939 Sun, 27 Feb 05 06:32 AM This just came up in my head. We use "has" for HE SHE IT (third person singular). "he has 3 cars." But when it is in a negative sentence: "he didn't have three cars" Is it correct to use have instead of has? Melanie Joined on Sat, May 22 2004 New Member 27 Negatives

	Mister Micawber  +  76944 Sun, 27 Feb 05 07:13 AM Your negative sentence is in the past tense, Melanie, where the third person singular inflection does not appear. He doesn't have three cars'-- it is the operator ('do' here) which takes the '-s' inflection. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,825 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Tenses, Negatives, Past Tenses, Inflections

	Grammar Geek  +  576239 Tue, 14 Oct 08 02:21 PM Anonymous “which is correct use have instead of has ” Your question is very broad. He has She has It has Third person present tense of "to have." Do you have more specific questions than that? Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Tenses, Present Tenses

	AlpheccaStars  +  576254 Tue, 14 Oct 08 02:51 PM The main verb in the sentence is "do".  Do + infinitive makes an intensive or interrogative mood of the second verb (have) He does have a car. Does he have a car? He did have a car. Did he have a car?   AlpheccaStars Joined on Sun, Oct 12 2008 Senior Member 3,508 The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) Verbs

	CalifJim  +  576329 Tue, 14 Oct 08 05:45 PM Only one s-marker or d-marker per clause! See Re: Have or has. CJ  CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,458 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche