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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

confused about get got gotten

Why do we say “I’ve got to go” instead of saying “I’ve gotten to go”,?

I know that when you use the auxiliary “to have”, you are supposed to use the past participle after it as in “I have taken”.

If I’m not wrong the basic forms of “to get” are : get, got, gotten. You see what I mean?



Thank you so much for your time.
  

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In AmE, the forms of get are get/got/gotten In BE, the forms of get are get/got/got However, in the sentence "I've got to go" you are using have got to idiomatically and it basically means the same thing as must or have to. With this meaning, the word got does not change. He has got to study harder.

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  • In AmE, the forms of get are get/got/gotten In BE, the forms of get are get/got/got However, in the sentence "I've got to go" you are using have got to idiomatically and it basically means the same thing as must or have to.
  • With this meaning, the word got does not change.
  • He has got to study harder.
  • (He must study harder/He has to study harder) I have got to leave now, otherwise I'll be late.
  • (I must leave now/I have to leave now)
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In AmE, the forms of get are get/got/gotten
In BE, the forms of get are get/got/got

However, in the sentence "I've got to go" you are using have got to idiomatically and it basically means the same thing as must or have to. With this meaning, the word got does not change.

He has got to study harder. (He must study harder/He has to s
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