May I suggest looking in period literature? If I Google Books “Hast thou a ”, I see in the first page of results hits from John Bunyan, 1678-1684 and William Shakespeare, c. 1591, among lesser lights.
Good point. Googling “Dost thou havest a ” turns up two results, one of which is Eliezer’s comment.
On the other hand, my instincts aren’t perfect. I’d have bet that “havest” wasn’t a word, but it is. “Hast” is a contraction of “havest”.
I was wondering whether the problem was that “dost havest” is redundant, but “havest thou a” doesn’t turn up anything period.
Yeah, “dost thou havest” would be much like “does he has”...
May I suggest looking in period literature? If I Google Books “Hast thou a ”, I see in the first page of results hits from John Bunyan, 1678-1684 and William Shakespeare, c. 1591, among lesser lights.
Good point. Googling “Dost thou havest a ” turns up two results, one of which is Eliezer’s comment.
On the other hand, my instincts aren’t perfect. I’d have bet that “havest” wasn’t a word, but it is. “Hast” is a contraction of “havest”.
I was wondering whether the problem was that “dost havest” is redundant, but “havest thou a” doesn’t turn up anything period.
Yeah, “dost thou havest” would be much like “does he has”...