2015年3月28日 · Please include the research you've done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic.

2018年10月12日 · I mean you can replace “have got” with “have” or the other way around. “I’ve got to go” equals ”I have to go”, with this you can separate the meanings between present and present perfect tense more easily.

2022年8月19日 · During a discussion, one can say Granted as an alternative to "You've got a point." It means that you grant this item of the discussion. For example, Person A: This law has never been enforced. Person B: Granted. But do you think it should have been rescinded? Please see definition 3b of grant (v).

2020年2月10日 · @Pacerier: Yes. "I have had a dog" indicates that you may still have a dog now. You could add "for three weeks" and it means you got a dog three weeks ago and still have it.

2015年9月29日 · I think that the term "how've" should be recognized as a word by google docs and other sites as it is a nuisance dealing with the red line indicating that it's not a word.

2015年4月11日 · "You've got a message" can mean exactly the same thing as "You have a message." (Likewise, "He's got blue eyes" means "He has blue eyes," not "He has received blue eyes.") – Sophie Swett

2012年5月18日 · In particular, I've not, you've not, etc. is much more common in UK English than in American English, where I/You haven't is the norm. Saying I've not seen that yet in the USA will suggest a British accent, and is the form we'd expect from an RP speaker.

Sometimes the word got is included, in the familiar constructions has got and have got, as "(someone)'s got another think coming", "they've/you've got another think coming". The form to have another thing coming is often seen, and may have been aided by a mishearing of the /k/ of think blended with the /k/ of coming, making think sound like thing.

2011年5月3日 · Etymonline suggests 1964 as the first recording and includes its meaning.. To have egg on (one's) face "be made to look foolish" is first recorded 1964.

2010年11月24日 · I try to avoid the "have got" constructions whenever possible. Usually where you feel like saying "I have got" you could substitute the simpler "I have" and no one would be the wiser.