questions - Can I say "Do you have a facebook"?

Can I say "Do you have a facebook" to ask if someone has "a Facebook account"? I know it is not grammatically correct. I just wanted to know if people say that or not.

Answer

People do say it, but that doesn't make it right or that you should repeat it. People will probably understand what you mean, but it sounds wrong to me.

Ask instead:

• "Do you have a Facebook account?"


• "Are you on Facebook?"


• "Do you use Facebook?"

And note Facebook should be capitalised.

Finally, the website Facebook was named after the face book or facebook, a university directory of names and photos. The original question could possibly be misinterpreted to refer to these.