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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' Tue Sep 26, 2006 16:45 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.' Tue Sep 26, 2006 18:02 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). Cool

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Had Tue Sep 26, 2006 22:52 pm  Had
 

Thanks, Amy. Fairly clear rule!

Tamara

P.S. Now I don't only know, what would happen with the idiom Smile if I changed Presents Simple to the Past Simple - 'I had a lot of time for...'. But I suppose, nothing awful?... Smile Wink
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Had Wed Sep 27, 2006 20:39 pm  Had
 

Tamara wrote:
Thanks, Amy. Fairly clear rule!

Tamara

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

You're absolutely right, Tamara Wink
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'I have (got) a lot of time for him.' Wed Sep 27, 2006 20:53 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. Wink

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Unless! Wed Sep 27, 2006 22:28 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. Laughing
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