Have vs Have got (My father's bald. He hasn't got any hair. vs He has no hair.)

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

Hello everybody!

Please let me know if there is any difference in:

  1. MY FATHER’S BALD. HE HASN’T GOT ANY HAIR. / HE HAS NO HAIR.
  2. THEY’RE PENNILESS. THEY HAVEN’T GOT ANY MONEY. / THEY’VE NO MONEY.
    And which one is more preferable in spoken language.

Many thanks in advance. :slight_smile:

2

Depends if you want to learn real English or American English.

Kitosdad.

3

What is “real English”?

4

Have you stirred up the hornet’s nest again? :smiley:

5

Bill,

I’m surprised at you! Nay, shocked!

Alan

6

Said he, tongue in cheek. :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

Good morning Alan and Daemon.

Oh to be in England, now that Summers there.

Bill.

7

Real English is what they talk in the UK, in some parts of Australia, New Zeeland and some parts of Africa.
It’s says that people from Ireland don’t speak real English and so do Americans.
/Maria

8

Do you want to buy a notebook or a joke book? I don’t understand what you mean sorry. You can’t buy anything here just write messages. Most of us here understand English on a 5 to 7 year old level so you can’t use business language thats to difficult for most of us.

I just wonder with sort of books I would read to understand that sort of language . I understand little about computer language as I read books about computers but computer scinece is to hard for me to read.
/Maria

9

Good morning Penuel. In England real English is spoken by the inhabitants.

In America they speak American. It is similar to real English, but certainly not the same, but as Alan says, " We are flogging a dead-horse in pursuing this topic.

We speak as we are taught to speak.

In England we are taught English.
In America they are taught American.

Kitosdad.

10

You can learn English in a lab in America as they have language labs but don’t email them and ask maybe they will be insulted.
/Maria

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Maria, are you saying that they teach British English and American English?

Kitosdad.

12

Yes you can learn both British English and American language. Find out more here. www.americanlanguage.org. But they call it American English and I think we shall do the same… You can learn British English in a lab as they have tapes and cd’s with British English. If you want to practice your speaking skills you have to go to a British speaking country.

It’s the same thing in Sweden. Hearing people often listen to tapes and cd’s when they attend an English course. But it’s not used at courses held by the Swedish hard of hearing association.

I have learnt British English by listening to very simple English on my discman. If I choose more difficult English they talk to fast and then it’s like greese to me.
/Maria