clarence  +  114224 Fri, 01 Jul 05 10:55 AM Is there any difference?:                I’ve got a feeling this engages him more.                I’ve a feeling this engages him more.                I got a feeling this engages him more. clarence Joined on Mon, Feb 28 2005 Junior Member 76

	jeter  +  114283 Fri, 01 Jul 05 01:48 PM Is there any difference?:               1. I’ve got a feeling this engages him more.                              2. I’ve a feeling this engages him more.               3. I got a feeling this engages him more.                             I don't know this engages.                But I know 1 is say past you got feeling until now                                  2 is say now you get feeling                                  3 is say past you have but now maybe you no get feeling jeter Joined on Tue, Aug 3 2004 New Member 37 手把青秧插滿田,抵頭便見水中天,六根清靜方為道,退步原來是向前.

	Philip  +  114297 Fri, 01 Jul 05 02:47 PM  clarence wrote: Is there any difference?: <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]-->               I’ve got a feeling this engages him more. <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]-->>>              I’ve a feeling this engages him more. <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]-->>>              I got a feeling this engages him more. "I've" is a contraction of 'I have' and is perfectly correct. "I got" is lower on the scale of sophistication, and could be mistaken for the past tense (=I had). "Ive got" is obviously a combination of the two.  Although many, many people (including myself) say it, I feel it is at the bottom of the scale of sophistication and should never be used in formal writing. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 9,297 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Tenses, Past Tenses, Contractions

	khoff  +  114372 Fri, 01 Jul 05 05:32 PM I’ve got a feeling this engages him more. I’ve a feeling this engages him more. I got a feeling this engages him more. To my ear, the first two have the same meaning, but "I have" is more formal" and "I've got" more conversational.  I wouldn't personally use "I've" for "I have" except in a construction like "I've been thinking" -- is that the past particilple? -- but using it as this example does might be perfectly common British usage.  To me the third one sounds correct only as past tense -- "As soon as I saw him, I got a feeling of forboding." I wouldn't use "I got" to mean "I have," but only "I received."  khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,579 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert) Constructions, Tenses, Past Tenses

	pieanne  +  114374 Fri, 01 Jul 05 05:36 PM I read them like you, Khoff. pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,461 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...