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Grammar and Linguistics > Dear collegues! Could you give me a peace of advice.She doesn īt have any husband. Is this correct?
Dear collegues! Could you give me a peace of advice.She doesn īt have any husband. Is this correct?
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Tatyana83
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Dear collegues! Could you give me a peace of advice.She doesn īt have any husband. Is this correct?
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 She doesn īt have any husband.
Is this correct?
Would it be correct If I want to in enhance the idea THAT SHE IS LONELY. Or I should say: She hasn īt got a husband.
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18 Nov 2009
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libertybelle
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She hasn īt got a husband or she doesn īt have a husband is fine.
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18 Nov 2009
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Alenka
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I think that some and any we use only with plurals, so
She hasn īt got a husband.
is the correct solution.
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18 Nov 2009
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catraposo
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The correct sentence is :she hasnīt a husband.
Have a nice day!
Catarina |
18 Nov 2009
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hi
Just wandering, I agree with yours answers but, let īs imagine she has already had a few, some, many husbands, but now she is alone. Couldn īt we say, in this case, " she doesn īt have any husbands. "
I know we are supposed to have only one, and at a time, but not all of us behave,  , so, LB, you are native, what do you say? Or even so, you would consider it wrong?
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18 Nov 2009
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Zora
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The only way you could say that is: "She hasn īt got any "ex-husbands"." - It īs incorrect the other way since polygamy isn īt allowed in most societies. 
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18 Nov 2009
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Tatyana83
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DEAR COLLEAGUES! I often hear THAT: Does she have any idea? or I don īt have ANY IDEA.
so is it INcorrect??
Found in Google:
My best friend doesnt have any child. One time she had abortion. |
18 Nov 2009
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hi Linda
Thank you, I guess you are right, better one than any. LOL
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18 Nov 2009
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Zora
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Tatiana,
The "haven īt any idea" - is a very common saying and is correct because here "idea" is being used as a conceptual, abstract thing like "time"..."She doesn īt have any time to do those reports."
And the other one is wrong, really wrong... I don īt care if it was found on Goggle or not. You canīt say "She hasnīt any child..." it īs "she hasnīt any children."
*waves to the other Linda*
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18 Nov 2009
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cheezels
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**** Waving frantically at the grammar gurus that are online... can you please have a look at this thread and my question? http://www.eslprintables.com/forum/topic.asp?id=14054
PS you cannot say My best friend doesn īt have any child. The correct word is children. (Contributing so it is not a complete semi hijack of thread.....)
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18 Nov 2009
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