I have read a similar question here but that one talks about the usage of has/have with reference to "anyone". Here, I wish to ask a question of the form:
Does anyone has/have a black pen?
What is the correct form of verb which should be used here? I understand that for "anyone", it should be has, as in:
Has anyone got a black pen?
But my doubt here is because of the auxilliary "does" in the question. Will that cause any change to the choice of has/have?
Answer
When using auxillary or helping verbs, the first verb is conjugated according to subject, but the second part of it is fixed.
Take present progressive tense, for an example:
I am going to the park.
He is going to the park.
We are going to the park.
The basic construction here is {to be} + {-ing form of verb}. The {to be} is conjugated according to subject, but not its helping verb - it'll always be "going" in this example.
This is the same with {to do} + {plain form of verb}, which is the emphatic form of a verb, and often used for negative and interrogative expressions.
I do go to the park from time to time.
He does go to the park from time to time.
Do you go to the park from time to time?
Does he go to the park from time to time?
Does anyone go to the park from time to time?
Anyone is singular, so the first verb is conjugated accordingly, but not any subsequent helping verb.
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