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Grammar and Linguistics > I īve great news?
I īve great news?
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ironik
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I īve great news?
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I was just watching the fictional video blog "emma approved" (it is a redo of jane austen īs emma, btw, it īs quite nice), I heard the sentence :"I īve great news."
It seems strange to me. Do you think it īs OK to use the contracted form of have in Simple Present Tense? |
6 Jul 2014
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cunliffe
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Hi ironik, yes; it īs fine. It īs not very emphatic though. I would tend to say, īI īve got some great news! ī |
6 Jul 2014
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MoodyMoody
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In the US, we only use the contracted form of have in the perfect tenses. So either "I īve got great news" or "I have great news" is acceptable. Americans would never say, "I īve great news"; that form has completely died out here. Even grammar changes over time. Remember, Emma was published nearly 200 years ago! |
6 Jul 2014
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cunliffe
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Hi MoodyMoody, that īs interesting. In England, we do use just the contracted form, without got. īI īve something to tell you... ī etc.. |
7 Jul 2014
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ironik
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thanks a lot to both of you. That īs quite interesting. Even if the redo is American, they still used I īve. I īm definitely going to teach that British-American difference next time I mention "have" in the class. |
7 Jul 2014
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