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I was under the impression that ございます was a humble form of ある. My belief was
supported by websites such as
[this](http://new2japanese.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/ix-humble-forms-of-desu-and-
arimasu-de.html) and
[this](http://eng.nihongodecarenavi.jp/eng/entry_5195.html). However, in the
comments to [this
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/27398/what-are-the-
meanings-
of-%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F-%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99-and-%E3%81%BE%E3%81%9B%E3%82%93)'s
answer, user4092 says it isn't a humble form (and also say it's used less in
western Japan, which also runs contrary to my knowledge. Who is correct?
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word-choice words honorifics keigo
ございます - Humble or neutral?
I think ございます is a 丁寧語(polite form) of ある.

Sources:
[Wiki敬語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%95%AC%E8%AA%9E#.E4.B8.8D.E8.A6.8F.E5.89.87.E5.8B.95.E8.A9.9E.E4.B8.80.E8.A6.A7)・[三省堂辞書](http://www.sanseido.net/main/words/hyakka/sonkei/)

～がある / ～があります -> ～がございます  
～である / ～です -> ～でございます

Examples:

> 「お忘れ物の **ございませ** んようご注意ください。」  
>  「ご不明な点・ご質問等が **ございまし** たら、こちらまでお問い合わせください。」

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I live in Kansai and I don't think ございます is used more frequently here than in
the east (I'm not sure if it's used less, though).
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