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- When to use is and has - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Tea is come or Tea has come; Lunch is ready or Lunch has ready; He is come back or He has come back; She is assigned for work or She has assigned for work; Actually these were the sentences that I came across in the last few days, and everybody uses 'is' but I think 'has' is correct, so I'm just confused about how to differentiate 'is' and 'has'
- difference - has vs has been or have vs have been - English . . .
The cake has been eaten (by Mary) The report has been finished (by me) My phone has been taken (by someone) Your second sentence fits in here: The file has been deleted (by somebody) We use the passive like this when we want to shift the focus of the sentence away from the doer of the action
- Which is the correct question (Who has vs Who have)?
EDITED: As a commenter has mentioned, there are also echo questions, where the "who" question can easily use a plural verb For example: For example: A: "That gorgeous blonde girl that just moved in across the street, and the redhead that you're too shy to talk to, and also that girl who's always trying to beat you up on the playground, they
- questions - What Has or What Have, and Why? - English Language . . .
"Has" in the second sentence refers to the period of time which is described by the weeks, even though the sentence doesn't directly mention time Since it is a singular period of time (covering weeks), we use the singular "has" instead of the plural "have"
- auxiliary verbs - Why do we use have with does and not has . . .
Any verb that connects to an auxiliary has no need for bearing the same "third-person-singular" marking This is why we say "She play s " but "She doe s play" (no s on "play" in this latter case; the word "doe s " already does this job, there's no need to duplicate)
- Difference between has to be, was to be, had to be, and should be
This exercise has to be carried out in three months This MUST be completed There is a deadline with NO EXCEPTIONS! This exercise should be carried out in three months There is REASON TO BELIEVE this will be completed This exercise was to be carried out in three months This is NO LONGER NECCESSARY to complete
- Does she have Has she usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Thus, one can say "Have you ever had a car?" where "have" indicates perfection and "had" is being used is the possessive sense In the question "Has she any children?", "Has" is being used in the non-auxiliary sense, so modern English (at least, American English) requires that it have the auxiliary verb "do" placed in front of it to form a
- Does it have or has? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
It is ungrammatical to use 'has' in questions that begin with 'Do' or 'Does' In these types of questions the verb 'do' is conjugated based on whether the noun is first, second or third person (eg Do I, Do you or , Does he)
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