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is this right ? ??: - i don't have a car . - i have not a car . -do you have a car? -have you a car ? -i saw the man carring a stick. -i saw a man carring a stick.

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All of the sentences are CORRECT grammatically, though some are more old-fashioned and very proper (and the last two had a spelling error). It is a question of modern vs. outdated usage. "I don't have a car." Correct. "I have not a car." Correct, but old-fashioned and very proper. Modern usage: "I have no car." Or, "I haven't got a car." "Do you have a car?" Correct. "Have you a car?" Again, correct, but old-fashioned and very proper. Modern usage: "Have you got a car?" "I saw the man carrying a stick." Correct. "the" means "the only one possible" or "one we have already mentioned". This sentence would imply: 1. That there was ONLY one man who might have carried the stick (e.g., the rest were women) 2. That we had already mentioned the man. 3. That the man is in front of us now. "I saw a man carrying a stick." Correct. "a" means "any one; it is not important which one". We do not know this man. We have not mentioned him before, in this conversation. He is not in front of us now.
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Hello xman, There are few mistakes: - The grammatical one Josep mentioned. Have you a car? is wrong. You either say : Do you have a car? or Have you got a car? - A spelling one. The verb "carring" is wrong,it is "carrying" I saw a man carrying a stick. - I have not a car is not quite correct as well. You better use the first sentence " I don't have a car". To aSsSIi: It is OK to say " a man carrying a stick" Using the indefinite article "a" means the speaker doesn't know the man, using "the" is correct as well and means he is making reference to a certain man, who was probably mentioned before in the course of conversation!
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ı don't have a car, do you have a car, ı saw the man carrying a stick are correct..ı haven't a car and have u a car are wrong bcs have is used for perfect...a man carrying a stick is false bcs 'carrying a stick is defining thus' the'comes before 'man'...
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- i don't have a car .
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-i saw the man carring a stick.

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