Have you got/ Do you have a pen?

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Have you got a pen?"
Do you have a pen?

Are the sentences correct? Is one British and the other American English?

Thanks.

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@tanguatlay,

Both are perfectly clear in America.

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@tanguatlay,

They're both acceptable in the UK too.

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@izzythepush,

Thanks to both of you.

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"Have you got" is considered informal in the UK. When I was a child it was discouraged at school. "Do you have" is always acceptable.

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

"Have you got" is considered informal in the UK. When I was a child it was discouraged at school. "Do you have" is always acceptable.

Thank you.

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