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Newguest Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Get paid

Hi

If someone says: I gotta get paid it means that he has to pay for something or that someone should/will pay him, or both?
  

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Only the latter: someone must pay him.

— Mister Micawber

  • Only the latter: someone must pay him.
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Only the latter: someone must pay him.
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So it means the same as: I've got to get/make some money.
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NewguestSo it means the same as: I've got to get/make some money.
No, not exactly. "I've got to get paid" assumes that the speaker is expecting payment for something specific -- a job he has done or something he has sold. "I've got to get/make some money" is much less specific. The speaker might have no idea how he will get the money.
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I understand. Thanks.
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