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Ask for help > IS "TO HAVE GOT" WRONG?
IS "TO HAVE GOT" WRONG?
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nemomen
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IS "TO HAVE GOT" WRONG?
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hello everyone
please help me with this delicate problem.
I need to know if "to have got" is wrong on a grammatical level, and if only "have got" is correct.
if it is wrong, please explain.
Thank you ever so much
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24 Sep 2011
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crisholm
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I �d think �have got � is a verbal phrase (grammatically in the form of Present Perfect even if we use it in the present). �To have � is correct, but we wouldn �t use the infinitive �to � for �have got �. |
24 Sep 2011
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almaz
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The string �to have got � has 194 examples in the British National Corpus (eg "The justification seems to have got lost along the way...." from the Independent).
There are, as you �d expect, less hits from the Corpus of Contemporary American English, but they �re definitely there.
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24 Sep 2011
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mariamit
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Well it all depends. As Alex says "to have got" can be used but not to show possession. According to Swan in "Practical English Usage" (page 208)
Got is not generally used with infinitives, participles or -ing forms of have: you cannot usually say to have got a headache or having got a brother. The infinitive of have got is occasionally used after modal verbs (e.g. She must have got a new boyfriend).
I hope that helps you.
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24 Sep 2011
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nemomen
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I don �t want to refer to it in a context, just as a start title in a conjugation. Like:
to have got
I have got
You have got
etc.
:( my students made me a project and an evil colleague said it was wrong
please give me some good news
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24 Sep 2011
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crisholm
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I do not want to be your �evil colleague �, but I �m afraid it �s not used.
Anyway, I wouldn �t make a big issue out of it - just carry on to more enjoyable things!
Best luck,
Cristina |
26 Sep 2011
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