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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

I got to go there

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00Is this sentence same with `I have to go there'?0-
  

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0 I'd say "I've got to go there" means the same as "I have to go there". But I'm British, perhaps "I got to go there" is possible in American English. 0-

— Annvan

  • 0 I'd say "I've got to go there" means the same as "I have to go there".
  • But I'm British, perhaps "I got to go there" is possible in American English.
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0 I'd say "I've got to go there" means the same as "I have to go there". But I'm British, perhaps "I got to go there" is possible in American English. 0-
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00"I got to go there." is the second reduced form of "I have got to go there."02br
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00I have got to go there. =
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0 I have seen this in American writing where it means "I was able to go there"02br
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00"I loved Hawaii. I got to got there last year for my vacation"0-
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10I have seen this in American writing where it means "I was able to go there"12br
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10"I loved Hawaii. I got to got there last year for my vacation"12br
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0OH! That's another thing entirely.02br
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00I got to = I was able to, I was allowed to, circumstances made it possible to.02br
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00I got to go to Hawaii = I was able to go to Hawaii last year.02br
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00I got to go backstage at the Billy Joel concernt. Oh man! You got to leave school early today before our math test.02br
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