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Slacker11  +  474492 Fri, 08 Feb 08 06:34 PM

Is there a difference between these sentences?

1) Do I have any messages?

2) Have I any messages?

Thanks in advance.
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Grammar Geek  +  474494 Fri, 08 Feb 08 06:38 PM

Only the first sounds natural to me.
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Slacker11, 1 yr 287 days ago

Yeah, I know sentence 1) is Ok (sounds good), but, is sentence 2) wrong or unusual?

Thanks

Slacker11, 1 yr 287 days ago

Another one:

Is there a difference?

Let's get started.

Let's start?

Many thanks

Marius Hancu  +  474528 Fri, 08 Feb 08 08:38 PM
1) AmE

2) BrE, but you'll need to change it to:

Have I got any messages?

Look up:
http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk
for
Have I got any
to see more examples.



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Slacker11  +  474535 Fri, 08 Feb 08 09:12 PM

Thanks

Have I got any
to see more examples.

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Clive  +  474550 Fri, 08 Feb 08 09:56 PM

Hi,

2) Have I any messages?

This is less common, but I don't see anything wrong or odd about it.

Clive
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