Moki  +  431145 Mon, 15 Oct 07 08:49 PM Which is correct: " She is having a date." or "She has a date."? Moki Joined on Mon, Oct 15 2007 New Member 02 Present Continuous, Dates

	Doll  +  431158 Mon, 15 Oct 07 10:06 PM Using have with continuous tense doesn't sound good always. You had batter use present tense if there a scheculed time or something like that or going to or will. Doll Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007 Senior Member 2,811 Tenses, Present Continuous, Present Tenses

	Grammar Geek  +  431165 Mon, 15 Oct 07 10:25 PM Hi Moki, Welcome to the forums. She is on a date (right now). She has a date on Saturday. (future) She had a date on Saturday (past) <edited to correct my incomplete thought> Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,660 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! Present Continuous, Dates

	Yankee  +  431352 Tue, 16 Oct 07 12:56 PM  Moki wrote: Which is correct: " She is having a date." or "She has a date."? Click here for a different definition of the word date. If the date in your sentence is a type of fruit (as in the definition above), then both of your sentences are correct but have different meanings: "She is having a date." ==> She is eating a date. "She has a date." ==> She possesses a date.   Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,498 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Present Continuous, Dates

	Moki  +  431574 Tue, 16 Oct 07 09:39 PM Dear yankee, Thank you for your explanation.I wanted to say:  "She is having a meeting with her boyfriend (now or tomorrow)" or "She has a meeting(a date) with her boyfriend(now or tomorrow)." Which is correct? She cannot possess  that kind of  date, can she? Moki Present Continuous, Dates

	Grammar Geek  +  431608 Wed, 17 Oct 07 12:42 AM I repeat: She is on a date with Frank right now. She has a date with Frank this weekend. Grammar Geek Present Continuous, Dates

	Ti:ʧə  +  431695 Wed, 17 Oct 07 10:13 AM "Have" in relation to a date is not used with the present continuous because it doesn't refer to the action of going out with someone, it's an arrangement. We talk about going on a date when we want to refer to actually going out with someone. So this is not just a question of tense, it's also about using the correct verb to communicate what you mean. Ti:ʧə Joined on Wed, Oct 10 2007 New Member 39 Verbs, Tenses, Present Continuous, Dates