haven't
See also: havent
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]haven't
- have not (negative form of have[1])
- You've a bad back again, haven't you? - No, actually I haven't.
- Haven't I to be here at 9?
- 1694, Titus Maccius Plautus, Plautus's comedies, Amphitryon, Epidicus, and Rudens, Made English: With Critical Remarks Upon Each Play, page 170:
- Sce.: Which I'd grant ye, if ye came at Midnight; but now I haven't the conveniency o' supplying your Wants.'
Usage notes
[edit]In North America, haven't is almost always used only as an auxiliary. Thus I haven't any money would typically be I don't have any money or occasionally I haven't got any money, but very rarely as I haven't any money, which would be more common in British English. Auxiliary use, as in I haven't seen him, is fully standard in all varieties.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n’t, Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513
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