Re: USAGE: "gotten" (was: Latin) verb examples and tense meanings
| From: | John Fisher <john@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 20, 2000, 22:24 |
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In message <20000120212313.7328.qmail@...>, Ed Heil
<edheil@...> writes
>I'm wondering whether there is a sense distinction between "I have
>money" and "I've got money" now. My intuitive impression is that the
>former is somewhat more marked and emphatic than the latter, but
>that's a very vague impression. Maybe the former is a bit more formal
>than the latter too.
There's a distinction in British English (though I think it's beginning
to fade away):
Customer: I'd like a fresh turkey, please
Shop Assistant: Sorry, we haven't got fresh turkeys
(ie, we're out of stock just now)
or:
Shop Assistant: Sorry, we don't have fresh turkeys
(ie, we don't sell them)
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John Fisher john@drummond.demon.co.uk johnf@epcc.ed.ac.uk
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