You have / You have got

0 I think the construction with "got" sounds a little less formal, more colloquial. 0-

0 Is there any difference in saying "You have new messages" and "You've got new messages". As far as I know, they're both correct, aren't they? Or is one more common than the other? 02br
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00Using 'have + got' makes it more emphatic and khoff is probab

0 I would disagree that 'you've got new messages' gives greater emphasis – in BrE, at least. (What possible greater emphasis could there be, in this context?) 02br
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00But it's true to say that 'get/got' structures in general are more associated with informal/colloquial English. 02br
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00At school, for instance, we were expected to find substitutes

0 What possible difference could it make? These are the nuances that are lost on those who speak BrE. Such is the nature of dialectal use. BrEers similarly aren't fluent in the use of 'gotten'. NaEers can't grasp the nuances of some BrE uses unless they've had sufficient exposure to them. 02br
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00TV ads in North America state, "Got milk". 02br
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0 I believe 'You have mail!' was the phrase in question. AOL maintained it was too similar to their own 'You've got mail!'. (This would seem to be contrary to the 'emphasis' argument, by the way.) 02br
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00I'd be more inclined to say that the emphasis in both phrases resides in the exclamation mark (or the intonation of the speaker). 02br
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