It seems to me that there are very many ways of saying something, that are more grammatically correct and just as clear and concise in meaning. Is it laziness or what?
2007-01-27 05:02:04 · 25 answers · asked by Duffer 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
That's a good question. There really isn't any reason to use the word "just" in any sentence either. Every way you can think of to try to properly use that word can be made grammatically better.
For example:
I just went to the store.
I went to the store five minutes ago.
I just need one more dollar.
I only need one more dollar.
2007-01-27 05:13:19 · answer #1 · answered by Karma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genuine reason to use "got"? As opposed to "gotten", or "have"?
Yes. The first reason being that language is a mutable thing. Languages have always evolved, and the dialects of modern English (American) are definitely still evolving. The genuine reason to use it would be that it is a genuinely accepted usage of the word in the modern dialect. Got it?
EDIT PS - "Americanized" for the chap down there with the outdated opinion. Laziness is the reason behind the ingenuity of the creation of technology. It's not a bad thing, in moderation.
2007-01-27 05:07:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it is not laziness. 'got' is the past and past participle of the verb to 'get'. If you can remember you English declensions;
'I got'.
'He got'
'She got'
'We got.
'They got.
Then go to the past tense the declensions form a different format. Try saying them in you head and you will quickly understand. The term in my old school was 'got' was rot. Do not use. In everyday use please avoid, there is always an alternative that is far more informative and user friendly. Then when you have a brainwave you immediately say, 'I've got it.'Today's example of 'Eureka'. So in all fairness it is not laziness. It is a term fallen out of use and just thought to be ignorant and rude by the powers of the writers of the Oxford English Dictionary, who by any standards allow various 'Yuff' terms to enter their sanctuary.
It is acceptable apart from on a CV.
Trust this assists.
Paul.
2007-01-27 07:41:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
This word was perfectly correct (as was 'gotten') many years ago; Pepys used it and it is also used both in the BCP and the KJ Authorised. Modern English (Reith and crew) thought it common and tried to avoid it at all costs. American English retained the usage and people in England now, mistakenly, think of it as an upstart Americanism, where it is anything but this. Shakespeare would have thoroughly approved!
2007-01-27 06:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's the past tense of the verb "to get". If it's correct to use get - i.e. I'll get a plate from the cupboard - then it would be right to say " I got a plate from the cupboard. However it isn't a very attractive sounding word so people find an alternative.
2007-01-27 05:49:38 · answer #5 · answered by Cream tea 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"I was disappointed by the loss but I got over it quickly." This seems pretty unobjectionable to me. Certainly pretty solid, understandable colloquial English. Were I writing a legal document then maybe no, I might wish to be more specific, but otherwise I'd take that.
2007-01-27 05:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by CanProf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it. It seems that proletarians as well as sybarites use the word. For those who use the word, I would find it aberrant if you were to pass a grammar class. I anticipate the words abrogation.
The word is a colloquialism.
2007-01-27 06:29:15 · answer #7 · answered by Professor Sheed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good and interesting question, and basically correct. You can kill the word 'got' from 98% of sentences.
'I got a new bike' becomes 'I have a new bike'
' I got some drugs' doesn't change !
2007-01-27 05:17:28 · answer #8 · answered by Bunts 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How else are you going to say "He got her with child"? Impregnated her...no, not really; made her pregnant ...a little clumsy. No, got is the right word there. Albeit a little old fashioned.
"Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root" (John Donne)
2007-01-27 06:42:21 · answer #9 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. As you go T as Got Got a light mate?
2007-01-27 05:07:25 · answer #10 · answered by Billy the Kid 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋