"Do you have a good English accent?" should the answer be "Yes I do" or " Yes I have"
2007-09-07 05:17:22 · 21 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
thanks a lot
2007-09-07 05:23:00 · update #1
thanks a lot
2007-09-07 05:23:03 · update #2
The answer should be "yes I do". Because the main subject of the question is "do you"
Another example is if i asked you "do you like to walk a lot"
You would not answer "yes, I like" you would answer "yes, I do"
2007-09-07 05:22:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The answer can be both ways as below depending on if you choose a short or long answer
A: Yes I do or
A: Yes I have a good English accent
2007-09-07 05:27:54 · answer #2 · answered by hot babe 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do or Yes I do have a good english accent.
2007-09-07 05:21:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes I do.
Yes I do have a good accent.
2007-09-07 05:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by skypower 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, I have a good english accent
yes I do have a good english accent
2007-09-07 05:22:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The answer is the question: What is a good English accent? And what is a bad English question?
Seriously, grammar aside, smething is wrong with the pragmatics.
2007-09-07 05:25:47 · answer #6 · answered by Severinka 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's :
Yes I have a good English accent. (for a complete sentence.)
Or
Yes, I do. (for a simple reply)
2007-09-07 05:25:38 · answer #7 · answered by what's up? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Yes, I do" (have a good english accent) sounds better. The question is essentially, "Do you have..." so it makes more sense to answer, "Yes, I do..." The other option is probably not incorrect but it sounds awkward.
2007-09-07 05:23:26 · answer #8 · answered by neni 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Yes I do" (... have a good English accent) CORRECT
This is standard English and what is implied is in parentheses and correctly left out because it is understood by native speakers.
"Yes I have"
('done it' is implied, and 'have' doesn't mean 'possess' here)
'Yes I have,' is the standard answer to "have you done it?," because if 'have' has no explicit object then 'done it' is implied.
Ending with "...have." alone implies "...have done it."
You cannot use 'have' alone to imply '...possess one.'
The object ('one') must be expressed to make 'have' mean 'possess'.
'do you have....?' (= do you posssess...?) There must be an object such as, '...a good English accent.'
If you want to use "have" meaning 'possess', you need an object, a target, which 'have' points to, refers to, and it must be explicit, not implied because what would be implied to the native speaker by ending with '...have.' would be "done it". That is what they would hear in their mind.
"Yes I have one." (one = 'a good English accent') CORRECT
"Yes I have a good one." (one = 'English accent') CORRECT
"Yes I do have a good English accent." CORRECT
('do have' is slightly more positively assertive than 'do' or 'have' alone)
'Have' here means 'possess' because you expressed the object that is possessed.
2007-09-07 06:07:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
either one are correct; both are abbreviated responses for "Yes, I do (have a good English accent)" or "Yes, I have (a good English accent)."
"Yes, I do" seems more American; "Yes, I have" seems more English.
2007-09-07 05:23:37 · answer #10 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋