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/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htm#49091Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:47:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:49091PoorRichard0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htm#49091http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-49091.xmlOn the contrary, 'hast' is part of the living language in northern England, and very commonly used in some regions. I would say that if a word has an unbroken history of everyday use, it can no more be described as a 'remnant from another age' than words such as 'give' and 'take'. (Though in another, non-derogatory sense, I suppose most of the words we use are 'remnants of other ages'.) To put it another way: a northerner who uses 'hast' in ordinary conversation would be extremely puzzled (& offended) by the suggestion that it's some kind of relic or archaism. It's true that the word is used mostly within particular dialect groups, & so is best avoided by those outside such groups.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htm#49084Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:47:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:49084nona the brit1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htm#49084http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-49084.xmlTrue, it may be used in a few English dialects, but it is not exactly common useage and in those cases is a remnant from another age. I would advise the use of 'hast' only in a poetic sense by non-native speakers, and then with care.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htm#49079Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:47:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:49079PoorRichard2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htm#49079http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-49079.xmlI would dispute the assertion that 'hast' isn't part of 'modern English'. It is still used in dialect in some parts of England, & also by certain religious communities. 'Jabberwocky' is by no means the word's most recent appearance in literature. For instance, it was used several times in Ezra Pound's Pisan Cantos (1948). I'm not sure 'hast' can be described as a form of 'has'. The latter is a 3rd person form of 'have', whereas the former is a 2nd person form. The two are not interchangeable.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htm#49025Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:47:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:49025CalifJim3http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htm#49025http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-49025.xmlI have, thou hast, he/she/it hath we have, you/ye have, they have Hast thou seen thy friend of late? Hath he seen his friend of late? Not part of modern English, of course.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htm#49008Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:47:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:49008Mister Micawber4http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htm#49008http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-49008.xml'Hast' is the archaic form of 'has', and is no longer used except poetically or for historical effect. Lewis Carroll's '. . .And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?' is the most recent example I can think of.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htmThu, 26 Mar 2009 15:47:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:49006Guest5http://www.englishforums.com/English/HastVsHas/jqjm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-49006.xmlPlease show examples and explain the difference.