Check this sentence for me

[sdpegasus]

Why have you to soil our merriment?

Is this structure correct?

To my ears, it ring incorrect. I think 'why do you have to spoil our merriment?' is the correct.


Thanking you in anticipation.

 

[Rover_KE]

Why have you to spoil our merriment?

Is this structure correct? No.

To my ears, it rings incorrectly. I think 'Why do you have to spoil our merriment?' is [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] correct.


[STRIKE]Thanking you in anticipation.[/STRIKE] Unnecessary. Just click the Like button when you get a useful answer.

Your bossy thread title needs work. A better title would have been Why have you to spoil our merriment?

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[tzfujimino]

Hello.:-D
Please allow me to ask a question here.

1. I haven't got a clue.
2. I don't have a clue.
3. I haven't a clue.

4. Have you got a clue?
5. Do you have a clue?
6. Have you a clue?

I'm sure all of those examples above are grammatically correct.
I've used 1, 2, 4 and 5, but I've never used 3 and 6. (Atually I've never taught my students the interesting constructions that are used in 3 and 6.)
Do you (=native speakers) often use 3 and 6? I imagine there might be regional differences.

Thank you.

 

[5jj]

1. I haven't got a clue.
2. I don't have a clue.
3. I haven't a clue.

All three are natural in BrE.

4. Have you got a clue?
5. Do you have a clue?
6. Have you a clue?

All three are grammatically correct, but none is very natural in BrE. We tend to ask:
Have you got any idea?
Do you have any idea?
Have you any idea?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hello.:-D
Please allow me to ask a question here.

1. I haven't got a clue.
2. I don't have a clue.
3. I haven't a clue.

4. Have you got a clue?
5. Do you have a clue?
6. Have you a clue?

I'm sure all of those examples above are grammatically correct.
I've used 1, 2, 4 and 5, but I've never used 3 and 6. (Atually I've never taught my students the interesting constructions that are used in 3 and 6.)
Do you (=native speakers) often use 3 and 6? I imagine there might be regional differences.

Thank you.

You will likely hear the last three in AmE only in a sarcastic sense.