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Pucca Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

I have got to go

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00I have an enormous problem..I don't know the difference between02br
01i00I have got to go02i00 and 01i00I have to go02i00, I usually hear them but I don't know what the difference is!02br
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0 Hi Ana,02br 01b 00I have to do something02br 00I've got to do something02b 02br 02br 00They both mean the same, probably the version with "got" is too informal to be used in formal contexts. Notice that I said "I've got" instead of "I have got", because it's more commonly contracted than not. Also, the second version in informal speech can become:02br 02br 01b 00I've gotta do something02br 00I gotta do something02b 00 ("have" is sometimes completely left out)02br 01b 00She's gotta do something02b 00 ("has" is not usually left out, though)02br 02br 00That's what I know about that 050010id1

— Kooyeen

  • 0 Hi Ana,02br 01b 00I have to do something02br 00I've got to do something02b 02br 02br 00They both mean the same, probably the version with "got" is too informal to be used in formal contexts.
  • Notice that I said "I've got" instead of "I have got", because it's more commonly contracted than not.
  • Also, the second version in informal speech can become:02br 02br 01b 00I've gotta do something02br 00I gotta do something02b 00 ("have" is sometimes completely left out)02br 01b 00She's gotta do something02b 00 ("has" is not usually left out, though)02br 02br 00That's what I know about that 050010id1
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0 Hi Ana,02br
01b00I have to do something02br
00I've got to do something02b02br
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00They both mean the same, probably the version with "got" is too informal to be used in formal contexts. Notice that I said "I've got" instead of "I have got", because it's more commonly contracted than not. Also, the second version in informal speech c
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0G'day Pucca,02br
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00In this context the 'got' is simply surperfluous but it is used as a stylistic thing.02br
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00I have noted that this construction appears to be possibly more common in AE than BE.02br
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00Stannum0-
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0 Hello Kooyeen and Stanuum!02br
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00Thanks for your reply. 05002br
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00So, "I've got to go" is only used in an informal way, right? What if I am writing an article? Would it be too informal for it? 02br
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00Thanks again!:D 010id2
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0 Hi Pucca02br
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00I wouldn't say that "have got to go" is particularly informal. Instead, I'd say it is used for emphasis. If you do not contract 'have' and stress the word 'got', it would be more emphatic that simply saying 'have to go': "I have 01b00got02b00 to go!"02br
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00What you hear in very informal spoken English in
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0 Thanks for your answer, Yankee!:)02br
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00OK, I understand it now! Thanks!:D 0-
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