I thought it was interesting how the phrase "have got" isn't considered wrong, but it's actually correct!!! I learned that using the phrase "have got" is usually used more often in Britain. In English, "have got" is an intensive form of "have." Something that I found interesting was that "Have got" also represents necessity.
Examples: 1. I have got to study for the test tomorrow.
2. I have got to get to school earlier.
- Both examples represent "have got" as a necessity.
I am not sure where grammar girl gets her information because "have got" is certainly widely used in America in my experience. And while it may be grammatically correct to use it to emphasize necessity, as Navpreet pointed out, I'm not sure it is proper to use it simply as a substitute for "have." In my opinion, saying "I have got a cool laptop" doesn't connote any emphasis on possession; it simply implies a more colloquial way of expressing that my computer is cool. "I got a cool laptop" would stress possession.
I look forward to reading the reactions of other students. Now I have got to go write my vocabulary sentences!
I thought it was odd how in Briton they might say hove got differently then how we say it the he US. I also have a problem with the have got face it just doesn’t sound rite to me. I have got to practice for my softball game. I have got to get those shoes.
1. I personally agree with Jacob on how he says that "Have got" is widely used in America. It is used in America, but i think that the reason for that is because it is a phrase that has been derived from Britain. I also agree with Jacob, that "have got" usually emphasizes necessity.
2. I also agree with Chely on how she says that the phrase "have got" does sound wrong, although we hear it in our everyday lives. The phrase "have got" is getting more popular and is starting to spread.
I've used have got in a sentence, I just never thought twice. I say "I've got.." It doesn't seem necessary to use "have" and "got" together, but I guess in some situations it would work.
I have got to go get my little sister.
I have got to order those!
Jacob: Yeah, you're right. It is widely used, now that I think about it I hear it really often.
Chely: Yeah, it doesn't sound right to me either. For me, I'm used to just hearing it in "I've got" rather than "I have got".
I thought it was odd how in Briton they might say have got differently then how we say it the he US. I also have a problem with the have got face it just doesn’t sound rite to me.
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I thought it was interesting how the phrase "have got" isn't considered wrong, but it's actually correct!!! I learned that using the phrase "have got" is usually used more often in Britain. In English, "have got" is an intensive form of "have." Something that I found interesting was that "Have got" also represents necessity.
Examples:
1. I have got to study for the test tomorrow.
2. I have got to get to school earlier.
- Both examples represent "have got" as a necessity.
Navpreet Singh (Period 6)
I am not sure where grammar girl gets her information because "have got" is certainly widely used in America in my experience. And while it may be grammatically correct to use it to emphasize necessity, as Navpreet pointed out, I'm not sure it is proper to use it simply as a substitute for "have." In my opinion, saying "I have got a cool laptop" doesn't connote any emphasis on possession; it simply implies a more colloquial way of expressing that my computer is cool. "I got a cool laptop" would stress possession.
I look forward to reading the reactions of other students. Now I have got to go write my vocabulary sentences!
--Jacob Artson
I thought it was odd how in Briton they might say hove got differently then how we say it the he US. I also have a problem with the have got face it just doesn’t sound rite to me.
I have got to practice for my softball game.
I have got to get those shoes.
Navpreet is rite i didn't know that have got also can mean necessity.
Jacob makes a good point "have got" is very Comingle use frace in our school I hear it all the time.
Response to 2 comments:
1. I personally agree with Jacob on how he says that "Have got" is widely used in America. It is used in America, but i think that the reason for that is because it is a phrase that has been derived from Britain. I also agree with Jacob, that "have got" usually emphasizes necessity.
2. I also agree with Chely on how she says that the phrase "have got" does sound wrong, although we hear it in our everyday lives. The phrase "have got" is getting more popular and is starting to spread.
I've used have got in a sentence, I just never thought twice. I say "I've got.." It doesn't seem necessary to use "have" and "got" together, but I guess in some situations it would work.
I have got to go get my little sister.
I have got to order those!
Jacob:
Yeah, you're right. It is widely used, now that I think about it I hear it really often.
Chely:
Yeah, it doesn't sound right to me either. For me, I'm used to just hearing it in "I've got" rather than "I have got".
I thought it was odd how in Briton they might say have got differently then how we say it the he US. I also have a problem with the have got face it just doesn’t sound rite to me.
1. I have got to study for the test tomorrow.
2.i have got to get those shoes.
Both examples represent "have got" as a necessity.
elizabeth deluis
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