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Both words are to have. The past-tense form is had, and the present progressive tense (or having. The correct First-person, second-person, and plural third-person conjugations that use the pronouns I, you, we, and they require the writer to use have. The same rule applies when a noun or name replaces the pronoun. Indicating Possession One meaning of to have is “to possess or hold something.” There are several ways to use have and has to indicate that a person or noun is in possession of something. Some examples include: • You have spinach in your teeth. (Second person) • I have spaghetti and meatballs ready for dinner. (First person) • Noah and Steve have a bicycle they can lend you. (Plural third person) • We have no money left for books. (Plural first person) • You don’t need another dog; you already have three. (Second person) • I don’t have time for this. (First person) • They have a beautiful house on the lake. (Plural third person) Singular third-person conjugations use has. These pronouns include he, she, and it. Here are some examples of sentences that use has: • Angela still has a year left on her car lease. • He has chocolate ice cream in the freezer. • Carl’s roommate has a pet raccoon. • She has no idea that they are planning a surprise party. • The bird has a nest in the backyard. • Letty has so much homework tonight. • Your car has a full tank of gas now. When have to or has to shares meaning with must in a sentence, they’re used as • I have to get to school ...

1. Have, hold, occupy, own, possess mean to be, in varying degrees, in possession of something. Have, being the most general word, admits of the widest range of application: to have money, rights, discretion, a disease, a glimpse, an idea; to have a friend's umbrella. To hold is to have in one's grasp or one's control, but not necessarily as one's own: to hold stakes. To occupy is to hold and use, but not necessarily by any right of ownership: to occupy a chair, a house, a position. To own is to have the full rights of property in a thing, which, however, another may be holding or enjoying: to own a house that is rented to tenants. Possess is a more formal equivalent for own and suggests control, and often occupation, of large holdings: to possess vast territories. have In addition to the idioms beginning with have, also see entries beginning with get had, and keep • have a ball • have a big mouth • have a bone to pick • have a brush with • have a case on • have a clear conscience • have a clue • have a crack at • have a crush on • have a familiar ring • have a fit • have against • have a go at • have a good command of • have a good day • have a good head on one's shoulders • have a good mind to • have a good thing going • have a good time • have a grasp of • have a hand in • have a hard time • have a head for • have a heart • have a hold over • have all one's buttons • have a lot going for • have a lot on one's plate • have a mind to • have an edge on • have a nerve • hav...

Usage Note: The idioms had better and had best resemble an auxiliary verb in that their form never changes to show person or tense and that they cannot follow another verb in a phrase. In informal speech, people tend to omit had, especially with had better, as in You better clean up your room! In formal contexts and in writing, however, had should be kept either in full or as a contraction: We had better revise the proposal or We'd better revise the proposal. See Usage Note at Having been warned beforehand, I knew how to react. Have, has, and had are not usually pronounced in full when they come after a pronoun or noun. When you write down what someone says, you usually represent have, has, and had as 've, 's, and 'd after a pronoun. You can also represent has as 's after a noun. You 're having a very busy time. have– take Have and take are both commonly used with nouns as their objects to indicate that someone performs an action or takes part in an activity. With some nouns, you can use either have or take with the same meaning. For example, you can say ' Have a look at this' or ' Take a look at this'. Similarly, you can say 'We have our holidays in August' or 'We take our holidays in August'. There is often a difference between British and American usage. For example, British speakers usually say 'He had a bath', while American speakers say 'He took a bath'. Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012 have Past participle: had Gerund: ...

You probably use has and have often, but do you know the grammar rules behind how you use them? Take this pair of sentences: which one is correct? Is it, “Peter have a dog” or “Peter has a dog”? If you’re not using a third person pronoun, like he, she, or it, or a name, you can almost always use "have." Keep reading for the exceptions. We’ll use the tips in this article to find out the answer and learn when to use has vs. have. What Is the Difference Between Have and Has? The words "has" and "have" both come from the verb "to have." To have means to possess or hold something. It also means to experience or undergo something. "Has" and "have" both mean the same thing as "to have." So why are there two different versions of the word? When Should I Use Have or Has? It’s all to do with who we are talking about. Whether you use have or has depends on the has when talking in the third-person singular (that’s grammar he, she, or it in a sentence). If you’re not using he, she, or it, you can almost always use "have." Keep reading for the exceptions. First, let’s look at some examples of when to use has and have. When Do I Use Have? We use have when talking about ourselves in the I), when addressing someone else directly in the you), or when referring to multiple people in the third person plural (using they). Here are some examples: • I have a dog. • You have a cat. • They have horses. In all three of the examples above, have is used to indicate ownership. Now take a look at these...

These past modal verbs are all used hypothetically, to talk about things that didn't really happen in the past. Could have + past participle 1: Could have + past participle means that something was possible in the past, or you had the ability to do something in the past, but that you didn't do it. (See also • I could have stayed up late, but I decided to go to bed early. • They could have won the race, but they didn't try hard enough. • Julie could have bought the book, but she borrowed it from the library instead. • He could have studied harder, but he was too lazy and that's why he failed the exam. Couldn't have + past participle means that something wasn't possible in the past, even if you had wanted to do it. • I couldn't have arrived any earlier. There was a terrible traffic jam (= it was impossible for me to have arrived any earlier). • He couldn't have passed the exam, even if he had studied harder. It's a really, really difficult exam. 2: We use could have + past participle when we want to make a guess about something that happened in the past. (See also Why is John late? • He could have got stuck in traffic. • He could have forgotten that we were meeting today. • He could have overslept. We can also choose to use might have + past participle to mean the same thing: • He might have got stuck in traffic. • He might have forgotten that we were meeting today. • He might have overslept. Should have + past participle 1: Should have + past participle can mean something t...

Have and has are different forms of the verb to have. Even though they come from the same word, there are slight differences in the way they’re used. While the verb to have has many different meanings, its primary meaning is “to possess, own, hold for use, or contain.” Have and has indicate possession in the present tense (describing events that are currently happening). Have is used with the pronouns I, you, we, and they, while has is used with he, she, and it. How do you use have? Have is the to have that’s used when: • speaking in the first person ( I, we) • speaking in the second person ( you) • speaking in the third person plural ( they) Take, for example, the following sentence: “They have two dogs.” Here, have is the correct choice because the subject ( they) is a third person plural pronoun. How do you use has? Has is the conjugation of to have that’s used when: • speaking in the third person singular ( he, she, and it). This example from And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini shows has used with a third person singular pronoun ( he): “He has a slender nose, a narrow mouth, and tight blond curls.” As noted, this use of have and has only really applies when you’re speaking in the present tense. How do you use have and has with other verbs? Indicating possibility Now that you’ve mastered the basics of have and has, it’s time to talk about how to use them in combination with other verbs. For every sentence that simply indicates possession ( I have a cat), there’s...

It is just the contracted form. Contracted forms are not used when verb has its own meaning. — I have my homework. ( have stands for possession.) — I've my homework. — I have finished my homework. ( have is an auxiliary.) They are not used in short answers: — Have you done your homework? — Yes, I have. Yes, I've. Also, when writing formal stuff, you normally use non-contracted forms. For instance, in an essay. There's a difference in spoken English when you stress the non-contracted form. Compare: — I've finished my homework. (Standard statement.) — I have finished my homework. (Emphasis when speaking.) There can be an difference in spoken form when you stress the non-contracted form, but there it's not necessarily there. You can say "I have finished my homework" without stressing the "have". You might stress the "I", for example: "Who has finished their homework?"" I have finished my homework. I don't know about Robert, though." And that bit about the short answer; I think it's more a matter of being at the end of the sentence or clause than the length of the statement: "I really can't remember how many bank accounts I have; I think I've lost count." (You can't contract that "I have".) You can't use pronoun-auxiliary contractions if they're final in a sentence (so they can't be used in tag questions, for instance). In general, if it's unstressed -- which is the norm, and a good reason for contraction -- a pronoun subject will be contracted with an auxiliary if there is on...