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Leaving aside the origins of this rhyme and various controversies surrounding it, the formation "have you any wool?" is interesting. One would expect (1) "Do yo
by Jun8 6y ago
Leaving aside the origins of this rhyme and various controversies surrounding it, the formation "have you any wool?" is interesting. One would expect (1) "Do you have any wool?" or (2) "Have you got any wool?". I personally use the formation in (2) more but I think (1) is the more common one. You can read more in the answers to this this SE question: https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/101667/use-of-have-in-questions-do-you-have-or-have-you https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/101667/use-of-have-i...
- Jap2-0 6y agoLooking at your link this may not be the original cause, but I always thought the purpose was to make it correctly fit the meter (sung to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" - or the tune of the alphabet song). "Do you have" or "Have you got" are both one syllable too long.