bmojtaba ' he's got jokes ' for the third person singular,but we don't say ' I/You's got jokes' for the first & second person singular? You can figure this out! I have got jokes; you have got jokes; we have got jokes; they have got jokes.
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bmojtaba' he's got jokes ' for the third person singular,but we don't say ' I/You's got jokes' for the first & second person singular?You can figure this out!
bmojtabawhen we say ' he's got jokes ' we're literally saying ' he has gotten jokes' (AmE )No. The idiom for possession is 'has got' in both AmE and BrE.
bmojtababut how come we can remove ' 've ' from ' You've got jokes' and simply say ' You got jokes'I think it's just because the 'v' sound is so weak.
AnonymousIn the US, "He's got jokes.", is ungrammatical.A great many comedians have got a lot of jokes. That in mind, I don't know where you came up with "ungrammatical".