I´ve got some questions about has/have got and for things not actions: Would I wrong saying or wrinting: You´ve got to forgive that. I Think that is the same have to forgive? is it an action to forgive ? Could you say if there are any differents or situation to use: Have to, have got to, gotta, have gotta to. Once I was get confuse reading on Roger Daltrey´s song - After the fire, on this passage: I´ve gotta drinking, I´ve gotta thinking... I have another which one is more formal or proper to write and talk: to have, have got I just heard some people just saying got.
Guys sorry about some bored small questions.
Hi The Jackal 1971, have and have got are both used to talk about possession. "I've got a bicycle" and "I have a bicycle" mean the same thing. It is in this sense that we use have got only with objects, not with actions (as Rob explains).
When have or have got are followed by a verb with a to infinitive (e.g., "you've got to forgive that"), they express obligation or necessity, and both forms are equally correct. gotta is simply an attempt to represent the way people pronounce have got to when they speak quickly. In other words, gotta means the same as have got to (and have to).
Best wishes,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
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I am Farhad from Afghanistan and i want to improve my English as i can and i hope that i will be improve my English in the short time.
Thanks very much indead.
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I was confusing that why using " I've/She's +got" not "I've/She's+ gotten"?????
It's present perfect tense, isn't it??? So why use "got" not "gotten"??
How about "I/She had + got/gotten"?????!!!!!!
Thanks a lot !
Best wishes,
Kitty
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I´ve got some questions about has/have got and for things not actions: Would I wrong saying or wrinting: You´ve got to forgive that. I Think that is the same have to forgive? is it an action to forgive ? Could you say if there are any differents or situation to use: Have to, have got to, gotta, have gotta to. Once I was get confuse reading on Roger Daltrey´s song - After the fire, on this passage: I´ve gotta drinking, I´ve gotta thinking... I have another which one is more formal or proper to write and talk: to have, have got I just heard some people just saying got.
Guys sorry about some bored small questions.
Regards
Hi The Jackal 1971,
have and have got are both used to talk about possession. "I've got a bicycle" and "I have a bicycle" mean the same thing. It is in this sense that we use have got only with objects, not with actions (as Rob explains).
When have or have got are followed by a verb with a to infinitive (e.g., "you've got to forgive that"), they express obligation or necessity, and both forms are equally correct. gotta is simply an attempt to represent the way people pronounce have got to when they speak quickly. In other words, gotta means the same as have got to (and have to).
Best wishes,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
i don't know why in question 3 task 2, "had baby" is a thing but i can't use have got? or "had baby" is a action?
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Hi.
I am Farhad from Afghanistan and i want to improve my English as i can and i hope that i will be improve my English in the short time.
Thanks very much indead.
hi there can you help me please? I do not understand the rule of (have got for things not actions
Hi I'm from Indonesia
I'm really happy can join with you to learn English
I hope my English will be better in the future.
And for Ashlie you're so beatiful.
Hi, Adam =)
I was confusing that why using " I've/She's +got" not "I've/She's+ gotten"?????
It's present perfect tense, isn't it??? So why use "got" not "gotten"??
How about "I/She had + got/gotten"?????!!!!!!
Thanks a lot !
Best wishes,
Kitty
Hello kittynme,
Thanks for your question.
I think it comes down to personal style. In most grammars, you'll find got and gotten as the past participle forms of get.
In general, the British use got whereas the Americans use gotten, so it depends on which style you prefer or need to use.
Regards,
Stephen Jones
The LearnEnglish Team
Got it !
Thank you so much !! =)
Regards,
Kittynme
It' a very useful explanation about the use of "get"
Thank you very much.
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