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Meaning of 'I have (got) a lot of time for him'



 
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Meaning of 'I have (got) a lot of time for him' #1 (permalink) Tue Sep 26, 2006 15:45 pm   Meaning of 'I have (got) a lot of time for him'
 

Hi

I know the meaning of the (fixed) expression I have time for smth./smb.

My question is very simple and perhaps very stupid:

does I’ve got a lot of time for him means exactly the same as I have a lot of time for him
and can be used exactly in the same contexts?
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'I have (got) a lot of time for him.' #2 (permalink) Tue Sep 26, 2006 17:02 pm   'I have (got) a lot of time for him.'
 

Hi Tamara

I'd say you can use have instead of have got in any context but not vice versa.
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The verb have has more meanings than have got and, in addition, I think it would be best to avoid using have got in a formal context.

In informal, spoken American English, people often drop the 've in "I've got" and what you end up hearing is something like "I got three brothers and one sister." or "I got a headache." In both cases, the meaning is "I have..." (present tense). 8)

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Had #3 (permalink) Tue Sep 26, 2006 21:52 pm   Had
 

Thanks, Amy. Fairly clear rule!

Tamara

P.S. Now I don't only know, what would happen with the idiom :) if I changed Presents Simple to the Past Simple - 'I had a lot of time for...'. But I suppose, nothing awful?... :) ;)
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Had #4 (permalink) Wed Sep 27, 2006 19:39 pm   Had
 

Tamara wrote:
Thanks, Amy. Fairly clear rule!

Tamara

P.S. Now I don't only know, what would happen with the idiom :) if I changed Presents Simple to the Past Simple - 'I had a lot of time for...'. But I suppose, nothing awful?... :) ;)


You're absolutely right, Tamara :wink:
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'I have (got) a lot of time for him.' #5 (permalink) Wed Sep 27, 2006 19:53 pm   'I have (got) a lot of time for him.'
 

Hi Pamela and Tamara

No need to fret... "I had a lot of time for..." would be understood as the past tense. ;)

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Unless! #6 (permalink) Wed Sep 27, 2006 21:28 pm   Unless!
 

Yankee wrote:
"I had a lot of time for..." would be understood as the past tense...

... unless, of course, you decide to write the word "if" in front of it. :lol:
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