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		<title>Anomalous Finites &#8211; Part III</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To emphasize an affirmative statement The anomalous finites do, does and did can be placed before the verb to show emphasis. Note that after do, does and did, we use a verb in its present tense form. I do want you to come. (More emphatic than I want you to come.) I did invite them. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>To emphasize an affirmative statement</strong></span></p>
<p>The anomalous finites <strong>do, does and did </strong>can be placed before the verb to show emphasis. Note that after <strong>do, does and did</strong>, we use a verb in its present tense form.</p>
<p>I <strong>do want </strong>you to come. (More emphatic than <em>I want you to come.)</em><br />
I <strong>did invite</strong> them. (More emphatic than<em> I invited them</em>.)<br />
She <strong>did accept</strong> the invitation. (More emphatic than <em>She accepted the invitation</em>.)</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Notes on the anomalous finites</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Is, am, are, was, were</strong></p>
<p>These verbs are usually anomalous and their negatives are formed by the simple addition of <strong>not or n’t.</strong></p>
<p>She <strong>isn’t</strong> very intelligent.<br />
You <strong>aren’t</strong> hard working.<br />
They <strong>weren’t</strong> expected to come.<br />
She <strong>wasn’t</strong> anxious about it.</p>
<p>Interrogatives are formed by the simple inversion of subject and verb without the use of <strong>do.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Isn’t she</strong> very intelligent?<br />
<strong>Wasn’t she</strong> anxious about it?</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Has, have and had</strong></span></p>
<p>These are anomalous when used as auxiliaries to form the present perfect and past perfect tenses.</p>
<p>I <strong>have</strong> seen him. <strong>Have</strong> I seen him? I <strong>haven’t </strong>seen him.<br />
I<strong> had</strong> told him. <strong>Had</strong> I told him? I <strong>hadn’t</strong> told him.<br />
They <strong>have </strong>disappeared. <strong>Have</strong> they disappeared? They <strong>haven’t </strong>disappeared.</p>
<p><strong>Has, have and had</strong> can be used as anomalous when used as a principal verb expressing the <em>idea of possession.</em></p>
<p>She <strong>has</strong> a car. <strong>Has</strong> she a car? She <strong>hasn’t</strong> a car.<br />
I <strong>have</strong> a watch. <strong>Have</strong> I a watch? No, I <strong>haven’t </strong>a watch.<br />
She <strong>has</strong> long hair. <strong>Has</strong> she long hair? No, she <strong>hasn’t </strong>long hair.</p>
<p>Note that the questions <em>‘Has she a car?’, ‘Have I a watch?’</em>, etc., are uncommon in American English. Instead, Americans use a structure with <strong>got.</strong></p>
<p>I <strong>have got</strong> a watch. <strong>Have </strong>I <strong>got</strong> a watch? No, I <strong>haven’t got</strong> a watch.</p>
<p>Questions and negatives made with <strong>do/does/did</strong> are also common.</p>
<p><strong>Do</strong> I<strong> have</strong> a watch? (More common than <em>Have I a watch?)</em></p>
<p>No, I <strong>don&#8217;t have</strong> a watch. (More common than <em>I haven&#8217;t a watch.</em>)</p>
<p>Note that <strong>has, have and had</strong> aren’t anomalous when they express other ideas. In this case questions and negatives are formed with <strong>do and did. </strong></p>
<p>I <strong>had</strong> (= experienced) an accident.<br />
<strong>Did </strong>I <strong>have</strong> an accident? (NOT Had I an accident?)<br />
I <strong>didn’t have </strong>an accident. (NOT I hadn’t an accident.)<br />
I <strong>have</strong> (= take) a bath in the morning.<strong><br />
Do I have</strong> a bath in the morning?<br />
I <strong>don’t have</strong> a bath in the morning.</p>
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