Teo  +  347794 Fri, 06 Apr 07 12:24 PM Amy: Sandy, look! I've got a driver's license. Sandy: You do? That's great! Are you going to buy a car? I think Sandy should have said, "You have?" instead of "You do?". Am I right?  Teo Joined on Tue, Sep 28 2004 Taiwan Contributing Member 1,631 Thank you very much for your reply.

	Yankee  +  347844 Fri, 06 Apr 07 04:05 PM Hi Teo "You do?" wouldn't surprise me at all "in real life".  Sandy has simply responded with the simple present tense, but in doing so she also translated Amy's 'have got' to just 'have' (same meaning).  In other words, Sandy responded as if Amy had said: "Sandy, look! I have a driver's license." Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,500 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Simple Present, Tenses, Present Tenses

	Philip  +  347845 Fri, 06 Apr 07 04:11 PM  Teo wrote: Amy: Sandy, look! I've got a driver's license. Sandy: You do? That's great! Are you going to buy a car? I think Sandy should have said, "You have?" instead of "You do?". Am I right?  "You do?" is common in AmE.  I believe our British brethren might say "you have?" or "have you?"  Nona can fill us in. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Yoong Liat  +  348454 Sun, 08 Apr 07 07:09 PM  "You do?" is common in AmE.  I believe our British brethren might say "you have?" or "have you?"  Nona can fill us in. In BrE, it would be "You have?" Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757