Questions about the construction "have got"
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Difference between “I have got” and “I have gotten”
I see these two expressions are used almost identically in different contexts. Is there a difference between I have got and I have gotten?
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Answering “Have you got” questions with “I do”
For the question "Have you got any ice cream?" which is correct:
Yes I do
Yes I have
or inversely
No I don't
No I haven't got any
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When to use “have” and “have got”
When do I use have and have got?
Are "I have the answer" and "I've got the answer" both correct?
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When can “have” be used without “got”?
I read this article and now I'm confused when got can be omitted when using have.
Could this be explained in plain English without technical terms?
Is there a different usage in past tense?
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Can one answer “Have you got…?” with “Yes, I've got.”?
As an American in Europe I often get questions about the British "have got" which is hard for me to answer since I have little feeling for what is correct. E.g. someone today asked me:
If someone ...
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Meaning of “I have got…”
I don't clearly understand the meaning of "I have got __" in sentences like the following one:
I have got to get.
Is it a sentence using the past tense, or the present? What does it mean?
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“Have got” — verb form and tense
In the following sentence, what is the main verb and in what tense does it occur?
I have got a car.
There are two possible explanations that I can think of:
get as the main verb in the present ...
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“I haven't got” vs. “I don't have”
Which is the correct way of saying this in English?
I haven't got any money.
I don't have any money.
If both are correct, which is the difference between them?
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Is “I wouldn’t have got left” grammatical?
In American English, is the following sentence grammatical?
If I had run faster, I wouldn’t have got left.
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Why do I never hear people say “I get to go now”?
This word got has been confusing me for a long time. Is it against the rules of English grammar, because got is the past tense of get? Why do I never hear people say it this way:
I get to go now.
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How do you distinguish “have got” from “got” as the past tense of “get” in “I got my car back”?
When someone says "I got my car back" in an informal setting, does it mean (1) or (2)?
I have got my car back. (Where "have" can be dropped in spoken English.)
I got my car back. (As the past tense ...
