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Author Craft / Re: Use of Have/Has Got in Jim's books
« on: May 31, 2006, 05:23:55 PM »
I have a pair of shoes implies that you have, now, in your possession a pair of shoes. I got a pair of shoes is more along the lines of saying that you received a pair, and makes no implications to whether or not you currently have them.
I have gotten implies that, in the past, you've received shoes. I have got or I've got seem to make the implication of of the "have" alone. But I don't think that it's proper American English in any way. It's more of a manner of speaking than something you would write.
This is, of course, assuming that I remember my grammar team practices properly.
And, yes. My high school had a competitive grammar team.
Yes.
I'm that big of a geek.
Ask me about Physics team.
C'mon. You know you want to
I have gotten implies that, in the past, you've received shoes. I have got or I've got seem to make the implication of of the "have" alone. But I don't think that it's proper American English in any way. It's more of a manner of speaking than something you would write.
This is, of course, assuming that I remember my grammar team practices properly.
And, yes. My high school had a competitive grammar team.
Yes.
I'm that big of a geek.
Ask me about Physics team.
C'mon. You know you want to