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Valent1ne Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Have/has got and got

I was always wondering what's the difference between "have/has got" and "got" in possession meaning. For example:
  • I got a car.
  • I've got a car.
  

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I got a car. Past tense of to get . I bought (or rented or borrowed or obtained in some other way) a car .

— CalifJim

  • I got a car.
  • Past tense of to get .
  • I bought (or rented or borrowed or obtained in some other way) a car .
  • I've got a car.
  • "Present" tense of the present perfect idiom to have got .
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  • I got a car. Past tense of to get. I bought (or rented or borrowed or obtained in some other way) a car.
  • I've got a car. "Present" tense of the present perfect idiom to have got. I have a car.

  • We needed a car to go to Los Angeles, so I got a car.
  • (I borrowed it from a friend.)
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    But I couldn't often hear the " 've " particle in exactly possession meaning sentences, and always thought that it's kind of new style just like "want to" = "wanna" etc...
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    Valent1neBut I couldn't often hear the " 've " particle
    Yes. Sometimes people speak too fast or carelessly, and they leave out the v sound there. Then you have to use the context to determine which form is really intended.

    CJ
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