Have Got

Negatives

We often contract the negatives (-) have not and has not into haven't and hasn't:

HAVE (-)Contraction (-)
have nothaven't
has nothasn't

SubjectHAVE (-)gotnoun
I haven'tgota violin.
You haven'tgotmail.
He hasn'tgota computer.
She hasn'tgota car.
It hasn'tgota garden.
We haven'tgota TV.
They haven'tgottime.

Tip!
* We can contract have not and has not when we use got:
I do not have a car. ✔
I don't have a car. ✔
I have not got a car. ✔
I haven't got a car. ✔
I haven't a car. ✘
He does not have a car. ✔
He doesn't have a car. ✔
He has not got a car. ✔
He hasn't got a car. ✔
He hasn't a car. ✘

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