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Old 15-Oct-2008, 09:55
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wHAT IS THE CORRECT WAY OF SPEAKING WHEN SOME ONE ASK ME A QUESTION? DO THEY HAVE ANY TICKETS OR DON'T THEY HAVE ANY TICKETS? WHICH VERB IS CORRECT?
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Do you have tickets? is a direct question, to establish whether you do or do not. A very simple, straightforward question with no connotations otherwise.

Don't you have tickets?
suggests you should. Are you hiding them from me? Do you mean that you weren't invited? I mean, like, everyone has tickets! Don't you?
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