2007-01-29 11:43:12 · 11 answers · asked by STA-TOW 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yes it does is the short answer! In English it is common practice, although we were always told at grammar school never to write it as it is colloquial rather than good word usage. The teacher always corrected it to just use the verb 'to have' .Some children used to say 'he got it' and not use 'has' at all! It is still bad style today, but unlikely to be corrected in many schools although in the best schools it probably is!
2007-01-29 11:55:03 · answer #1 · answered by Faith 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It does mean the same thing. The word "got" is tautological in this context (ie superfluous) and is actually the past participle of "get". The proper usage would be "He got a son" though this suggests that he went out and bought one.
2007-01-29 11:49:30 · answer #2 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, its like superfluous, and in Scotland you very seldom hear the word Got, He Has a instead of He Has Got, or He's Got, It stems from the Dialect dislike of the "H" He Has has 2 H sounds whilst He's Got has 1 and Ee's Got has none.
So He Has = Ee's Got and He does not have any = Ee aint got none.
2007-01-29 12:54:48 · answer #3 · answered by Timothy B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in the sentence you've used as a quote, notice that you've used the auxiliary verb "to have," as in "He has got a son." In this sense it means he has possession of the son. (Not flattering to the son, perhaps.) This is called the present perfect tense.
Without the auxiliary verb "got" means "received," as in "He got a letter from his son."
2007-01-29 11:48:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's an informal way of speaking and the apostrophe S is taking the place of "has".
He's got a son --> he has got a son --> he has a son.
2007-01-29 11:46:05 · answer #5 · answered by Belie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word GOT is the past tense of GET, but when you use it with HAVE or HAS the meaning is not the same.
I GET to work by bus.
Yesterday I GOT to work by bus.
They HAVE delicate features = They HAVE GOT delicate features =They'VE GOT delicate features.
He HAS a dog.= He HAS GOT a dog = He'S GOT a dog.
2007-01-29 13:18:11 · answer #6 · answered by Oswald ☆☆☆☆☆ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A common misconception. It actually means he ate his son for breakfast with a glass of banana juice. However, people often use it wrongly.
2007-01-29 11:53:06 · answer #7 · answered by Bacon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, got means to have.
2007-01-29 13:47:52 · answer #8 · answered by de909 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-01-29 11:47:16 · answer #9 · answered by Alwyn C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you use "got" with have or has,it will be same meaning with "have-has"
i've got a brother
i have a brother
2007-01-29 20:43:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋