Dec 10, 2013 · This would come across as accusational, but reasonable in the circumstances. Asking him instead, "what do we have here?" might suggest the detective expects the stranger to know some facts about the situation and could also imply that the detective is suspicious of the stranger. The detective could ask of his team, "what do we have here?"

The construction we do have.... is typically followed by some comment or condition or limitation that might affect the sale. Equally, a headmaster might tell a parent looking for a place for a child: We do have one more place but it's supported by a bursary, which means that your child will have to meet certain conditions.

and we should think about the people who don’t have what we have here ; and we should treat food nicely. Now we have one long sentence with three parts, but we're repeating we should in each part, and this is unnecessary. Let's remove it from the last two: We should respect food ; and we should think about the people who don’t have what we ...

Mar 16, 2019 · My question is here that we should use that tense when we want to say "I was here (a city) for ten years and now I am here as well" we must use the present perfect continuous but we use the present perfect (I've seen in the grammar books): I have been here for ten years. vs. I have been being here for ten years.

Mar 25, 2016 · Makes sense, and does not sound too terrible, at least in American English. Most people would not think twice about this sentence, although professionally, "What have we here" sounds much better. To sum up the answer, you can use "got" instead of "have," but it does not sound entirely right, and actually sounds a bit unintelligent.

Jul 29, 2022 · According to dictionaries, especially in American English, people say "we have a situation here" when they have "an important or sudden problem". I am not a native speaker so I can speak for what I know. That is I often hear American people say "we/I have a situation here" for problems relating to bathroom.

Which is correct here, have or has? The original sentence. In addition to halting the chain, an organizer will also rollback through the object that it has performed so that the failed object and each completed object has the opportunity to undo itself. There was a suggestion to use "have" instead of "has" here.

In many cases you can substitute "here" for "in here", without really losing any meaning. John just texted that he's at the event, so I know he's in here/ here somewhere. However, "in here" is not a substitute for "here", as it means something is inside, or at least within, some fairly specific location. While it's possible in your second ...

Sep 28, 2024 · To repeat what Esco said, "we are out", in this context, is short for "we are out of sauce." But I want to add what "we are out of sauce" tells you a bit more than "we have no sauce." It means that they normally have sauce, but they have served it all. That is, they have run out. The next day they will probably have more.

"are we restarting (some application) today" He writes "asked" and then he provides a simple statement (worded as a question). My point of view is that OP should just try to be more specific when communicating something, whether if transmitting information, or asking something.