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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Present Simple or Present Perfect?
Please, friends, help me understand this.
When I say, "I have a car.", it's Present Simple. OK!
When I say, "I have got a car.", is it Present Simple or Perfect?
Thanks for your attention,
brunces
When I say, "I have a car.", it's Present Simple. OK!
When I say, "I have got a car.", is it Present Simple or Perfect?
Thanks for your attention,
brunces
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Hi Brunces In this case, 'have got' means exactly the same thing as 'have'. By the way, the present perfect of 'get' in American English would be 'have gotten'.
- Hi Brunces In this case, 'have got' means exactly the same thing as 'have'.
- By the way, the present perfect of 'get' in American English would be 'have gotten'.
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Hi Brunces
In this case, 'have got' means exactly the same thing as 'have'.
By the way, the present perfect of 'get' in American English would be 'have gotten'.
In this case, 'have got' means exactly the same thing as 'have'.
By the way, the present perfect of 'get' in American English would be 'have gotten'.
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AnonymousWhen I say, "I have got a car.", is it Present Simple or Perfect?It's Present Perfect in form, but Present in meaning. have got is an idiom, so it doesn't exactly "follow the rules"!
I have got a car = I have a car.
I have got to leave soon = I have to leave soon.
CJ
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