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Found a similar question here, but with some minor differences. Is it archaic to use have you in sentences such as this:

John : I think we can see it with a specially crafted telescope.
Mary : Have you such a telescope?

instead of

Mary : Do you have such a telescope?

Is it still used in official and casual conversations?

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    It's not really done in AmE, except when one wants to elevate the register (i.e. sound arch). I think it's still pretty common in BrE.
    – Dan Bron
    Jun 1, 2015 at 16:13
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    @Dan: It's not particularly common in BrE these days either (definitely not with younger speakers, or in casual spoken contexts). I'd have though outside of very formal contexts, Have you got X? would be the most common form on both sids of the pond. Jun 1, 2015 at 16:35
  • @FumbleFingers Both of 'Have you an X?' and 'Have you got an X?' are unheard of in AmE at any register. The only instance, which allows AmE speakers to recognize it, is in the song Mary had a Little Lamb': "Have you any wool?"
    – Mitch
    Jun 1, 2015 at 16:51
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    @Mitch: Comparing US/UK corpora for have you got in NGrams, I think maybe "unheard of in AmE" might be putting it a bit strong. But it does seem to be somewhat more common in BrE, and it's interesting to see that AmE shows a significant decline in this usage over the past half-century, which isn't reflected in the BrE chart. Jun 1, 2015 at 16:57
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    In AmE, Have you got an X? is viewed as informal and is more likely to be heard in speech than seen in writing. But I think it's still quite common in speech. Oct 13, 2018 at 15:45

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In American English, you almost never hear the more archaic form, "Have you such a telescope?"

It's not improper, just dated. I don't think anyone would be confused by it, but possibly taken aback by the anachronistic usage.

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    +1. With the exception of Baa baa black sheep, have at the head of a question in AmE is usually auxiliary "have" not lexical "have".
    – TimR
    Jun 1, 2015 at 18:30

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