I wanted to make a short grammar tip about a very interesting mistake that a lot of people make. It is the difference between "HAVE GOT" and "HAVE" in the simple present, and the truth is, there is practically no difference when we use them in simple present. But there is a big mistake in the way people use it. So here it is, grammar tip of the day, "Have got/Have":
The phrases “has got” and “have got” are somewhat informal and are often contracted, as in “He’s got” and “They’ve got.” Although this expression has long been criticized as an unnecessary substitution for the verb “to have,” it is perfectly idiomatic. It simply adds emphasis. In American English, “have got” is an intensive form of “have”. For example, if I say, “I’ve got a really big TV,” I’m placing more emphasis on my possession of the TV than if I say, “I have a really big TV.” If you say you haven’t got any money, you’re stressing the fact that you’re broke. Note that you can use “has got” or “have got” only in the present tense. If you want to talk in the past tense about your enormous TV, you would say, “I had a really big TV.” instead of "I had got a really big TV".
Simple present: "Have" and "Have got"
The verbs "To have" or "Have got" mean possession, that something belongs to you. Example:
I have a beautiful house
They have got so many friends
We have a new computer
She has got a blue car
He has a lot of movies
Some synonyms are: own, possess...
They can also indicate duty, responsibility. Examples:
You have to clean the house
I have got to go to school everyday
She has to work 6 days a week
We have got to do our homework this afternoon
In affirmative, negative and interrogative, "To have" is used as any other verb. Examples:
We have a new computer
I don't have a beautiful house
Does she have to work 6 days a week? No, she doesn't.
But for "Have got", we have to make a little change.
In affirmative form, we use it as a normal verb. Examples:
We have got to do our homework this afternoon
She has got a blue car
I have got to go to school everyday
They have got so many friends
But in negative form, instead of placing the verb "To do" as an auxiliary, we change "Have got" to make the negative. So instead of "I don´t have got a house", it would be "I haven't got a house". Examples:
We haven't got to do our homework this afternoon
She hasn't got a blue car
I haven't got to go to school everyday
They haven't got so many friends
In interrogative form, instead of using the verb "To do", we place "have" at the beginning of the question. Examples:
Have we got to do our homework this afternoon?
Hasn't she got a blue car?
Have I got to go to school everyday?
Haven't they got so many friends?
Saying, "have got" is a little stronger than saying, "must" . So if I’m running late, I might tell my friend, "I have got to go now," with the emphasis on the word “got.” When we’re speaking to friends, we might leave out the "have", as in "I got to go now" We might even say, “I gotta go now.” These two are considered colloquial English and you shouldn’t write these two sentences in a formal English essay. You can use "must" or "have to" instead.
How often you use "have got” instead of “have” depends on where you’re from. In American speech, "the form without ‘got’ is used more than in the UK", so in other words, Americans tend to say, “have” and the British tend to say, “have got.” For example, in Britain, you’re more likely to hear the question “Have you got this book in stock?” whereas in America, “Do you have this book in stock?” would be more common. As I’ve said, it’s perfectly fine to say, “have got” if you’re in America, though it is less formal than plain old “have.” Even less formal than “have got”—and probably considered objectionable by most grammarians—is simply “got” by itself. But “He got” is a very, very colloquial way of saying, “he has.”
Let's see it with some examples:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: HAVE A LITTLE PRIEST
MRS. LOVETT
That's all very well, but what we gonna do about him?
SWEENEY TODD
Later on when it's dark, we'll take it to some secret place and bury him
LOVETT
Oh yeah. Of course we could do that. I don't 'spose he's got any relatives gonna come pokin' 'round lookin' for him.
Seems a downright shame...
TODD
Shame?
LOVETT
Seems an awful waste...
Such a nice, plump frame
Wot's 'is name has...
Had...
Has
Nor it can't be traced...
Bus'ness needs a lift,
Debts to be erased...
Think of it as thrift,
As a gift,
If you get my drift
Seems an awful waste...
I mean, with the price of meat
What it is,
When you get it,
If you get it...
TODD
Ah!
LOVETT
Good, you got it!
Take, for instance, Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop!
Bus'ness never better using only pussycats and toast!
Now a pussy's good for maybe six or seven at the most!
And I'm sure they can't compare as far as taste!
TODD
Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion
LOVETT
Well, it does seem a waste...
TODD
Eminently practical
And yet appropriate as always!
LOVETT
Think about it...
TODD
Mrs. Lovett, how I've lived
Without you all these years, I'll never know!
How delectable!
Also undetectable!
LOVETT
Lots of other gentlemen'll
Soon be comin' for a shave,
Won't they?
Think of
All them
Pies!
TODD
How choice!
How
Rare!
For what's the sound of the world out there?
LOVETT
What, Mr. Todd?
What, Mr. Todd?
What is that sound?
TODD
Those crunching noises pervading the air!
LOVETT
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, all around!
TODD
It's man devouring man, my dear!
BOTH:
Then who are we to deny it in here?
TODD
These are desperate times,
Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for!
LOVETT
Here we are, now! Hot out of the oven!
TODD
What is that?
LOVETT:
It's priest. Have a little priest.
TODD
Is it really good?
LOVETT
Sir, it's too good, at least!
Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh,
So it's pretty fresh.
TODD
Awful lot of fat.
LOVETT
Only where it sat.
TODD
Haven't you got poet, or something like that?
LOVETT
No, y'see, the trouble with poet is
'Ow do you know it's deceased?
Try the priest!
Lawyer's rather nice.
TODD
If it's for a price.
LOVETT
Order something else, though, to follow,
Since no one should swallow it twice!
TODD
Anything that's lean?
LOVETT
Well, then, if you're British and loyal,
You might enjoy Royal Marine!
Anyway, it's clean.
Though of course, it tastes of wherever it's been!
TODD
Is that squire, on the fire?
LOVETT
Mercy no, sir, look closer,
You'll notice it's grocer!
TODD
Looks thicker,
More like vicar!
LOVETT
No, it has to be grocer --
It's green!
TODD
The history of the world, my love --
LOVETT
Save a lot of graves,
Do a lot of relatives favors!
TODD
Is those below serving those up above!
LOVETT
Ev'rybody shaves,
So there should be plenty of flavors!
TODD
How gratifying for once to know
BOTH
That those above will serve those down below!
TODD
What is that?
LOVETT
It's fop.
Finest in the shop.
And we have some shepherd's pie peppered
With actual shepherd on top!
And I've just begun --
Here's the politician, so oily
It's served with a doily,
Have one!
TODD
Put it on a bun.
Well, you never know if it's going to run!
LOVETT
Try the friar,
Fried, it's drier!
TODD
No, the clergy is really
Too coarse and too mealy!
LOVETT
Then actor,
It's compacter!
TODD
Ah but always arrives overdone!
I'll come again when you have judge on the menu!
Have charity towards the world, my pet!
LOVETT
Yes, yes, I know, my love!
TODD
We'll take the customers that we can get!
LOVETT
High-born and low, my love!
TODD
We'll not discriminate great from small!
No, we'll serve anyone,
We'll serve anyone
BOTH
And to anyone
At All!
Amy Walker: DO YOU HAVE AN ACCENT?
AMY WALKER
Hello, I'm Amy Walker from third man news. Obviously I've had some vocal training to enable me to sound like I'm from nowhere. But today, we're gonna go find some people who are from somewhere, or at least, sound like they are from somewhere?
May I have your name?
MAN
AMY WALKER
And where are you from Sherman?
MAN
I live in Nashville
AMY WALKER
So, Do you have an accent?
MAN
No
WOMAN
Well, I never though we did, but I remember one time visiting our relatives in Texas and they told me I had a terrible accent.
...
AMY WALKER (1:05)
Do you have any favourite accents?
Hope you've liked it!
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