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 #2 (permalink) Thu May 14, 2009 5:38 am use of 'Got' |
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Good morning Pm,
Got ... to have, possession:-
I've got a headache, ( I have a headache. )
I've got a car. ( I have a car. )
I've got a feeling. ( I have a feeling.)
Got is a word I avoid using wherever possible, preferring to use have.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu May 14, 2009 16:53 pm use of 'Got' |
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There's more than once sense of "got"
I have got to leave at 4 o'clock = I must leave by 4 o'clock
I got my money back = I received a refund
I got the job = I was offered the job
Got it? = Do you understand? |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu May 14, 2009 16:59 pm use of 'Got' |
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There's more than once sense of "got"
Of course there is. My point was that "got" can, in most cases, be replaced by " have ".
Kitosdad.
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| #5 (permalink) Thu May 14, 2009 17:02 pm use of 'Got' |
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Sorry for the double post. My laptop is hanging-up on occasions.
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| #6 (permalink) Thu May 14, 2009 17:13 pm use of 'Got' |
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We will have to change your name to 'Itchy-Finger-Bill' :lol:
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| #7 (permalink) Sun May 17, 2009 4:30 am use of 'Got' |
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Yeah, buy some Cortisone for that. hehe
"Got" is used redundantly and/or for added emphasis in the "to have" conjugations... as has been previously shown:
- I've got a dog = I have got a dog = I have a dog.
But... there are some real -- non-redundant, non-add-on -- uses for "got":
1) Taking possession:
- I got a dog today.
- I got my pills yesterday.
- I'm getting a Wii system tomorrow!
- I get (recieve) food stamps each month because I can't seem to find my work boots.
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2) Comprehension/learning of something:
- I get (understand) that you hate me, but you could at least brush your teeth before saying it.
- I got the point as soon as you uttered it: you like horses. I must (I have to/I've got to) say that I'm not surprised, given your equine smile.
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Crap, I forgot where I was. Somebody HEP a brother!
Okay, whew, never mind. Ugh. My stomach has GOT (emphasis, nothing else -- "must") to stop squirming!
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3) Stand-in for "to be" conjugations:
- I am going to get (be) fired tomorrow.
- He got (was) fired yesterday.
- We got (were) screwed! That was clearly a foul!
Those are three solid uses of "get/got"... having nothing to do with the use for emphasis or the redundant use.
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| #8 (permalink) Sun May 17, 2009 4:55 am use of 'Got' |
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Torsten
I would like to get the structure of word " got/get" in various occasion. |
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| #9 (permalink) Sun May 17, 2009 11:54 am use of 'Got' |
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| ok thank you |
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