Re: Inversion for subjunctive (was "Get" passive)

In what I'm sure is the whole of the UK, not even by the rules of informal
British English of whatever dialect could "do you got a pen" be considered
admissible, or even understandable.
Of course "you got a pen" is absolutely OK, because it's seen as a
contraction of "(Have you) got a pen?"
When you say "it's pretty common around here", is it restricted to a
particular dialect or social group?
Mike
>
> According to the rules of formal written/"school" English, sure.  And
> I tried to talk like that for enough of my life that it doesn't come
> quite naturally to me even in a colloquial setting.  But it's pretty
> common around here.
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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