Hey everyone, I`m wajih abbas from Pakistan . I like this series a lot and its really improve my English a lot. I practice it everyday and my English is getting better and better day by day. thank you so much for such a great website and I am great-full to all the members of this website :) :)
My sister in law had a baby recently.Why does this sentence choose "can't use have got"? I'm confused. If this is an action, We may choose that answer. But I think had a baby means a things.What do you think?
1) 'She has a baby' = 'She is a parent (of a young child)'
2) 'She had a baby' = 'She gave birth to a baby'
We can use 'have got' for the first meaning, but not for the second. Your sentence has the second meaning - we can tell this because of the word 'recently', and because it is a past form - and so 'have got' is not possible.
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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Thanks very much indead.
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Hey everyone, I`m wajih abbas from Pakistan . I like this series a lot and its really improve my English a lot. I practice it everyday and my English is getting better and better day by day. thank you so much for such a great website and I am great-full to all the members of this website :) :)
My sister in law had a baby recently.Why does this sentence choose "can't use have got"? I'm confused. If this is an action, We may choose that answer. But I think had a baby means a things.What do you think?
Hi angelali,
When we say 'have a baby' it can mean two things:
1) 'She has a baby' = 'She is a parent (of a young child)'
2) 'She had a baby' = 'She gave birth to a baby'
We can use 'have got' for the first meaning, but not for the second. Your sentence has the second meaning - we can tell this because of the word 'recently', and because it is a past form - and so 'have got' is not possible.
I hope that clarifies it for you.
Best wishes,
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Everyone !!
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.
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