http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/YouDo/vcnhw/post.htm#348454Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:38:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:348454Yoong Liat0http://www.englishforums.com/English/YouDo/vcnhw/post.htm#348454http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-348454.xml"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?"http://www.englishforums.com/English/YouDo/vcnhw/post.htm#347845Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:38:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:347845Philip1http://www.englishforums.com/English/YouDo/vcnhw/post.htm#347845http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-347845.xmlTeo 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/YouDo/vcnhw/post.htm#347844Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:38:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:347844Yankee2http://www.englishforums.com/English/YouDo/vcnhw/post.htm#347844http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-347844.xmlHi 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. "http://www.englishforums.com/English/YouDo/vcnhw/post.htmThu, 26 Feb 2009 21:38:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:347794Teo3http://www.englishforums.com/English/YouDo/vcnhw/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-347794.xmlAmy: 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?