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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

has got

I think she's got a yeast infection

I think she has [got] cancer.

I believe the second sentence does not need 'got while the first one does.

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Written as it is (with she has contracted to she's ) got is indeed required in the first sentence.

— Mister Micawber

  • Written as it is (with she has contracted to she's ) got is indeed required in the first sentence.
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Written as it is (with she has contracted to she's) got is indeed required in the first sentence.
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Mister MicawberWritten as it is (with she has contracted to she's) got is indeed required in the first sentence.

1. Absolutely! Otherwise one would be saying that she is a yeast infection.

2. The construction of 'has + got', as some might recall, is one that I studiously avoid!
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You only have three choices.

She has [a yeast infection / cancer / the flu / ...].
She has got [a yeast infection / cancer / the flu / ...].
She's got [a yeast infection / cancer / the flu / ...].

CJ
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