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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

How come I haven't heard this?

0P/S tell me what these verb forms are? I know they are accepted all over the English speaking communities but I 01u00am not use to using02u00 the following. Help.02br
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00I've got (Why not just, I have)02br
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00I haven't got (Why not just, I don't have)02br
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00Have you got ...? (Why not just, Do you have ,,,?) 0-
  

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0These are made by the speaker's choice. 02br 02br 00Contractions (I've, haven't, don't, won't) sound more natural to native speakers. We tend to use them often.

— Vorpar

  • 0These are made by the speaker's choice.
  • 02br 02br 00Contractions (I've, haven't, don't, won't) sound more natural to native speakers.
  • We tend to use them often.
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0These are made by the speaker's choice. They mean the same thing, but you can say the same thing in many ways.02br
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00Contractions (I've, haven't, don't, won't) sound more natural to native speakers. We tend to use them often. "I've got" is used more often than "I have" because "I've" tends to sound better, and "I've a hammer" doesn't sound grammatically correct.0-
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0In your opinion, "I have a hammer." doesn't sound grammatically correct but "I've got a hammer." sounds grammatically correct?02br
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01i00I always thought/felt that the sentential construct "I have something." is both natural-sounding and grammatically correct. Am I missing something big in regard to the English 01u00dialect02u00? 02i
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0i know that my teacher said to me who is from Chicago. 02br
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00don't use 01font00have got , 00use00 have. 00he says00 have got 00comes from old english but now we are in modern area so using of00 have 02font00is more common and it sounds better than01font00 have got02fon
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0I might add that not all but in some instances that the 01u00verbial construct02u00 "have got" sound more natural and add more smoothness to the one who is pronouncing that word ;but normally, I find the construct "have something" will be sufficient and will be approved by the majority.02br
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001.Have you got the time to help me?02br
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0 A general rule when speaking in English is that you should contract all unimportant words so that it's easier to identify keywords in a sentence. Like "He's a boy." and "He IS a boy." has different meanings. So, there is some difference in "I have..." and "I've got..." But generally, it's just preference.02br
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00It is also possibly, a level of politeness. Asking "Do you
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10In your opinion, "I have a hammer." doesn't sound grammatically correct but "I've got a hammer." sounds grammatically correct?12br
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11i10I always thought/felt that the sentential construct "I have something." is both natural-sounding and grammatically correct. Am I missi
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