Re: USAGE: NATLANG: I've Gots An English Question

Doug Dee wrote:
> On a related note: anecdotal evidence and the comic strip _For Better or for
> Worse_ tell me that some children have reanalyzed "got" as the present tense
> of a verb meaning "have" instead of the past tense of "get."  Hence, they say
> "I got [=have] only one candy bar and Sally gots [=has] two!  No fair!"
> ("Gots" then shows a normal 3rd sg present inflection.)
I've also heard constructions like "Do you got ...?", tho never *"I will
got ..."

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