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Madhulk

#559768 Thu, 28 Aug 08 05:14 PM

Mrs. Sykes: Don't ever get old and sick, son. The world got no use for you.

That got bothers me. Why past tence when she's already old?

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Vorpar

#559806 Thu, 28 Aug 08 08:06 PM

It's a particular colloquialism of an American dialect. "Got" means "has". Otherwise, this is grammatically incorrect.

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Madhulk

#559811 Thu, 28 Aug 08 08:18 PM

So that's why it didn't make sense to me. Thanks, Vorpar!