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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
"got"
When at school we were taught that the word "got" was not a "proper"word and never to use it!
E.G. He's got a long journey to make today. = he's a long..... She's got long hair. = She has long hair. I have got to.....= I have to. The word can always just be missed out or easily replaced with another. We were taught that "got" is not the past tense of "get" but is a none word creeping into the language. It was not in the dictionary either at that point in my life. I am fully aware that now "got" and hundreds of other words are now accepted but years ago what was the case?
None of my friends believe this to be true; please settle this debate. Thank you, Heather (1944 vintage)
E.G. He's got a long journey to make today. = he's a long..... She's got long hair. = She has long hair. I have got to.....= I have to. The word can always just be missed out or easily replaced with another. We were taught that "got" is not the past tense of "get" but is a none word creeping into the language. It was not in the dictionary either at that point in my life. I am fully aware that now "got" and hundreds of other words are now accepted but years ago what was the case?
None of my friends believe this to be true; please settle this debate. Thank you, Heather (1944 vintage)
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Hi Heather, I was also taught, as you were, to use 'have' rather than 'got, but my English teacher admitted that 'have got' was acceptable in conversation and colloquial usage. So, if I were writing a formal essay, I would use 'have', otherwise 'have got' is fine. aspx Best wishes, TrysB
- Hi Heather, I was also taught, as you were, to use 'have' rather than 'got, but my English teacher admitted that 'have got' was acceptable in conversation and colloquial usage.
- So, if I were writing a formal essay, I would use 'have', otherwise 'have got' is fine.
- aspx Best wishes, TrysB
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Hi Heather,
I was also taught, as you were, to use 'have' rather than 'got, but my English teacher admitted that 'have got' was acceptable in conversation and colloquial usage. So, if I were writing a formal essay, I would use 'have', otherwise 'have got' is fine.
This website has a good discussion of the various uses of have, got and gotten:
I was also taught, as you were, to use 'have' rather than 'got, but my English teacher admitted that 'have got' was acceptable in conversation and colloquial usage. So, if I were writing a formal essay, I would use 'have', otherwise 'have got' is fine.
This website has a good discussion of the various uses of have, got and gotten:
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Hi,
Here is my opinion.
"Has got", depending on how it is fitted in the context, has different meanings.
If followed by a "to infinitive", it's has the equivalent meaning of "he must". i.e. John has got to/ must change his quick temper, or he will lose his friends.
In the perfect usage which "have got" is follwed by noun(s), i.e. "He's got a good
Here is my opinion.
"Has got", depending on how it is fitted in the context, has different meanings.
If followed by a "to infinitive", it's has the equivalent meaning of "he must". i.e. John has got to/ must change his quick temper, or he will lose his friends.
In the perfect usage which "have got" is follwed by noun(s), i.e. "He's got a good
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AnonymousWhen at school we were taught that the word "got" was not a "proper"word and never to use it!got is the past of get. got is also used in the idiom to have got. It has been used for centuries by even the finest writers of the English language.
Either you misunderstood your teachers, or your teachers were ignorant
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