Re: Inversion for subjunctive (was "Get" passive)

It may be that "got" is transitioning in usage from a past participle to a
present tense verb, equivalent to "have." In some dialects of American
English, one may rarely hear, for instance, "he gots a car."

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Michael Poxon <mike@...> wrote:

> In what I'm sure is the whole of the UK, not even by the rules of informal
> British English of whatever dialect could "do you got a pen" be considered
> admissible, or even understandable.
> Of course "you got a pen" is absolutely OK, because it's seen as a
> contraction of "(Have you) got a pen?"
> When you say "it's pretty common around here", is it restricted to a
> particular dialect or social group?
> Mike
>
>
>> According to the rules of formal written/"school" English, sure.  And
>> I tried to talk like that for enough of my life that it doesn't come
>> quite naturally to me even in a colloquial setting.  But it's pretty
>> common around here.
>>
>> --
>> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
>>
>

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