I know you can use the word "have" for most proper situations.
2006-07-12 13:43:06 · 11 answers · asked by Dr Drew 10 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
"Got" is the past tense of the verb "to get". You get something in order to have it. Getting is similar to obtaining, buying, and so on. Having means, basically, that something is already in your possession.
Some people say, "I got it," when they mean, "I have it." That's probably the source of your apparent confusion.
2006-07-12 16:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin F 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Proper In A Sentence
2016-12-16 11:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a somewhat archaic transitive verb meaning to let loose, as in : "Cry quack and loose the ducks of indifference." - Shakespeare. Perhaps it's the fact that the sound in lose, loser etc is "oo" that causes the alarmingly common spelling mistake. It is a mistake right ? I see it so often that I wonder if it is not an American spelling.
2016-03-27 03:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by Brianna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got up this morning.
I got a mug out of the cupboard and poured my coffee in it.
It's the past tense of "get", so you use it when you are speaking in the past tense in a sentence where you would use "get" in the present tense.
When I drink all that coffee, I got to go to the bathroom. NOT!
Clearly, you wouldn't use "get" there. It's also the present tense. So I HAVE to go to the bathroom.
2006-07-12 13:51:15 · answer #4 · answered by just♪wondering 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't ever really use "got" in a sentence. it is proper to use "have" and it sounds better to use "have" in a sentence rather than using "got".
2006-07-12 13:50:08 · answer #5 · answered by analeyaisabel@verizon.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be most proper don't use got, even if you aren't proper don't use it, you come across as a smarter more learned person
2006-07-12 13:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by imanalchemist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than the phrase "pet peeve", that is my worst pet peeve.
I thought people are always trying to shorten their speech.
"I've got"...That's saying I have got.
Songs like, "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a brand new key", and before that, "I've got a crush on you, sweety pie" certainly don't help things.
"Did you get it?"
"Got it."
"Good."
2006-07-12 13:51:17 · answer #7 · answered by the_turp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got a shirt last night. past tense.
2006-07-12 13:47:22 · answer #8 · answered by iheartjohnprose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got the idea of what you're asking. I got it yesterday. That's when I got it.
2006-07-12 13:47:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you've got to.
2006-07-12 13:46:10 · answer #10 · answered by mikeae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋