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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

I have got to or I have gone to?

0 More than once I heard recently in movies an expression with the verb "to go" use like in the expression "I have got to", sounding like: "He has gone to…". Did I hear rightly, is there any such expression in normative English?02br
00Apologies for the ignorance!02br
00Many Thanks for any help! 0-
  

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02br 02br 00He has got to post the letter. 02br 02br 00He has gone to post the letter. )0-

— Nona the brit

  • 02br 02br 00He has got to post the letter.
  • 02br 02br 00He has gone to post the letter.
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0Both phrases are correct but have different meanings.02br
02br
00He has got to X- he must do X02br
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00He has gone to X - he is doing X somewhere.02br
02br
00He has got to post the letter. (He must post the letter).02br
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00He has gone to post the letter. (He has left the house, with the letter, and with the i
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