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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

is this sentence grammatically correct.............

is it correct:--

You got to do,what you got to do.

.................................thx in advance.
  

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Kind of... " And so it's not really grammatically correct, but this kind of sentence is frequent in natural speech. This is a similar expression to yours above, from old John Wayne westerns...

  • Kind of...
  • " And so it's not really grammatically correct, but this kind of sentence is frequent in natural speech.
  • This is a similar expression to yours above, from old John Wayne westerns...
  • " Note: "got to" is usually pronounced as either "gotta" or "godda"...
  • Hope that helps...
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Kind of...

"You got to do, what you got to do"

is a very informal spoken version of:

"You've got to do, what you've got to do."

And so it's not really grammatically correct, but this kind of sentence is frequent in natural speech.

This is a similar expression to yours above, from old John Wayne westerns...

"A man's got to do, what a man's go
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Hi guys,

I would omit the comma from all these versions.

John Wayne wasn't the kind of hombre to fiddle around with commas.
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I reckon you're right... Sheriff!

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