I don't get it

[nq:1]I was discussing usage.english with a B'hammer the other day. He opined that "I've got (something)" is poor English, or even wrong, saying that the correct form is "I have (something)". Was he right?[/nq]
Did he have tuppence to spend? Tuppence to lend? The whole world in his hands? You under his skin?

John Dean
Oxford

[nq:2]I was discussing usage.english with a B'hammer the other day. ... the correct form is "I have (something)". Was he right?[/nq]
[nq:1]Did he have tuppence to spend? Tuppence to lend? The whole world in his hands? You under his skin?[/nq]
Maybe plenty of nothin'?
Or maybe he's not sitting on a rainbow..
Whatever; he's wrong, Charles. You can tell him I said so. If that's not go

[nq:2]Did he have tuppence to spend? Tuppence to lend? The whole worldin his hands? You under his skin?[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe plenty of nothin'? Or maybe he's not sitting on a rainbow.. Whatever; he's wrong, Charles. You can tell him ... as an obligation ornecessity used in the present perfect tense form with present meaning [/nq]
Maybe Charles's Brummagem friend was thinking of formal BrEnglis

Maria Conlon filted:
[nq:2]Did he have tuppence to spend? Tuppence to lend? The whole world in his hands? You under his skin?[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe plenty of nothin'?[/nq]
A Date With A Dream? (Benny Goodman)
A Feeling? (Ricky Nelson)
A Feeling We'll Be Seeing Each Other Again? (Al Wilson) A Feeling You're Fooling? (Dorsey Brothers and Eddy Duchin) A Gal In Kalamazoo? (Glenn Miller)

[nq:2]I was discussing usage.english with a B'hammer the other day. ... the correct form is "I have (something)". Was he right?[/nq]
[nq:1]Did he have tuppence to spend? Tuppence to lend? The whole world in his hands? You under his skin?[/nq]
Does he have you, babe?

dg (domain=ccwebster)

[nq:2]Maybe plenty of nothin'? Or maybe he's not sitting on ... tense form with present meaning [/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe Charles's Brummagem friend was thinking of formal BrEnglish, in which "He has got" would be rare. It feels very colloquial to me. I think that's true of AmE as well, no?[/nq]
OED doesn't have anything recent for "he has got" but enough from the past to show a respectable pedigr

[nq:2]Maybe Charles's Brummagem friend was thinking of formal BrEnglish, in ... me. I think that's true of AmE as well, no?[/nq]
[nq:1]OED doesn't have anything recent for "he has got" but enough from the past to show a respectable pedigree: 1796 ... Monsieur Kane Halliday. 1838 Dickens O. Twist ii, I have got names ready made to the end of the alphabet,[/nq]
Can't most of these OED citati

[nq:2]Maybe Charles's Brummagem friend was thinking of formal BrEnglish,in which ... to me.I think that's true of AmE as well, no?[/nq]
[nq:1]OED doesn't have anything recent for "he has got" but enough fromthe past to show a respectable pedigree: 1796 Jane ... Monsieur Kane Halliday. 1838 Dickens O. Twist ii, I have got names ready made to the end of the alphabet,[/nq]
None of which seems

[nq:1]I was discussing usage.english with a B'hammer the other day. He opined that "I've got (something)" is poor English, or even wrong, saying that the correct form is "I have (something)". Was he right?[/nq]
No, "I have (something)" is equally wrong. The proper and original Indo-European expression is "(something) is to me".

"Charles Riggs
[nq:1]I was discussing usage.english with a B'hammer the other day. He opined that "I've got (something)" is poor English, or even wrong, saying that the correct form is "I have (something)". Was he right?[/nq]
The word "get" is an all-purpose word. An all-purpose hanyman's tool is never as sharp or accurate as a separate array of a purpose-made knife, purpose-made screwdriv