A NEW ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR BEGINNERS: This book enables the readers to get a wonderful idea about English Grammar by SABARIMUTHU V

Author:SABARIMUTHU V
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-08-14T07:00:00+00:00

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Has, have and had

When ‘has’, ‘have’ and ‘had’ function as predicates, they can be split as follows.

Has does + have

Have do + have

Had did + have

Consider the following sentence.

I have a pen

In the above sentence, have is the predicate. The ‘have’ contains ‘do’ within. The do remains in a subdued state. The sentence can be written as follows.

I do have a pen.

In the sentence 2, the ‘have’ does not possess any ‘do’ within. The ‘do’ emerges into an assertive one.

When the have possesses ‘do’ within, the environmental factors might overpower its predicate character.

I have a match today.

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