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 #2 (permalink) Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:42 am Why do you use 'got' in "I have got to"? |
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I know 'have got' is colloquial, but I don't know why you guys use that way- Is it more comfortable to pronounce? Please answer me!!
Good morning SweetP, I am so happy to find another " got " hater in the Forum. I avoid using the word wherever possible, and that is in almost every situation.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 11, 2009 14:52 pm Why do you use 'got' in "I have got to"? |
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| Hi, Kitos. For me, there's something in there which only natives understand. It's one of hard things for me to get it. :) |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Jun 11, 2009 16:08 pm Why do you use 'got' in "I have got to"? |
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SweetP, I believe that only the Americans use got in this way.
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:45 am Why do you use 'got' in "I have got to"? |
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| Sweetpumpkin wrote: |
Hi,
I have a question on the difference between have and have got.
I've got a new car.
Have you got a stomachache?
I haven't got your keys.
In the three examples above, I think 'have' without 'got' is enough for the sentences.
Why do you put 'got' with 'have'? I know 'have got' is colloquial, but I don't know why you guys use that way- Is it more comfortable to pronounce? Please answer me!! |
These three sentences mean the same thing as your three:
- I have a new car.
- Do you have a stomachache?
- I don't have your keys.
So, yes, the verb "have" is fine without the word "got". Of course, in the second and third sentences, the verb "have" does need the help of "do". :wink:
I don't know how or why this idiomatic use of "have got" developed, but it is used in both the UK and the US. Most of the information available about this usage states that it is used more frequently in the UK than in the US, however.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=36027&dict=CALD
| Kitosdad wrote: |
| SweetP, I believe that only the Americans use got in this way. |
Were you still referring to the idiomatic use of "have got"?
Have a look at a book called "English Grammar In Use" by Raymond Murphy. There is a unit devoted exclusively to Have and Have Got. (I'd be willing to go out on a limb and venture a guess that Raymond is quite thoroughly British.)
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:04 am Why do you use 'got' in "I have got to"? |
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| Not only in America, but also here in Australia 'I've got' is really used for almost everything. |
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