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Smartenglish@hanmail.net Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

You got it, all right

A: I got it! I got it!

B: You got it, all right.

C: I got it!


1. I would like to know the meaning of “You got it”

I wonder why B said “You got it, all right.”

2. I wonder if the tense of “got(C) is “past” or present“.

  

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net A: I got it! C: I got it! This exchange takes place during a baseball game.

  • net A: I got it!
  • C: I got it!
  • This exchange takes place during a baseball game.
  • The ball is coming toward these spectators.
  • It is customary to try to catch a ball that comes into the stands.
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smartenglish@hanmail.netA: I got it! I got it!B: You got it, all right.C: I got it!

This exchange takes place during a baseball game. The ball is coming toward these spectators. It is customary to try to catch a ball that comes into the stands. It's treated as a sort of prize.

The humor depends on a reinterpretation of what "it" is. In English "ge

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