Re: Inversion for subjunctive (was "Get" passive)
| From: | Paul Kershaw <ptkershaw@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 15:26 |
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----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Poxon <mike@...>
> Not sure which side of the Atlantic is meant by "Rightpondia" - but here in the
> UK, "I've a cold" or "have you a pen" sounds definitely American.
> We'd always say "I've got a cold" and "have you got a pen"... well, maybe not
> always, but they're the normal, everyday, versions.
> Mike
The upshoot of the recent discussion I had was people from the UK insisting that
"I've a cold" is something only said stateside and people stateside insisting
"I've a cold" is something only said in the UK.
I believe it was accepted in the UK longer than in the US, but it also appears
that hardly anybody says it anymore anywhere.
-- Paul
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