Chariot  +  433356 Mon, 22 Oct 07 01:27 PM "I've got to get going." and "I have to get going." What is the difference between the two phrases? "I've got to..."   Is "I've" always contracted? Is "I have got to..." correct?  Thanks. Chariot Joined on Mon, Apr 24 2006 Full Member 349 Difference Between

	Neeraj Jain  +  433358 Mon, 22 Oct 07 01:40 PM I believe that it is entirely up to you whether to contract a verb or not. I have never seen or heard of the phrase "I've got to get going." Neeraj Jain Joined on Fri, Sep 7 2007 Regular Member 583 Smile allows you to win. Verbs

	Yankee  +  433383 Mon, 22 Oct 07 02:33 PM Hi Chariot "I've got to get going."is often slightly more emphatic than "I have to get going." And whenever you fully pronounce a word that is normally contracted, that also tends to add more emphasis.  In spoken English, people don't often say "I have got to" instead of "I've got to".  Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,774 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain

	Philip  +  433457 Mon, 22 Oct 07 04:38 PM  Yankee wrote: Hi Chariot "I've got to get going."is often slightly more emphatic than "I have to get going." And whenever you fully pronounce a word that is normally contracted, that also tends to add more emphasis.  In spoken English, people don't often say "I have got to" instead of "I've got to".  You might also hear "I gotta get going".  I wouldn't use either in formal writing.  "Have to.../must...." works much brtter. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 9,313 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Grammar Geek  +  433500 Mon, 22 Oct 07 06:30 PM I think I may have learned here that "I have got to" (in whichever form) tends to be more American in its usage. Oh my gosh - look at the time! I have GOT to get going! Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 20,881 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	CalifJim  +  433560 Mon, 22 Oct 07 09:25 PM Though none of them is particularly formal, from least formal (most casual) to most formal (least casual), they are: I gotta get going. I've gotta get going.1 I've got to get going.2 I have to get going. 1Personally, I tend to use this one in ordinary conversation. 2I have got to get going is the more emphatic form of this one.  It would probably be said more slowly, with some stress on each of the first three syllables. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 24,233 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Conversations

	Chariot  +  433783 Tue, 23 Oct 07 11:55 AM Thank you, everyone. Now may I summerise your opioion. 1. "I've got to" is more emphatic and more casual than "I have to". 2.  "I've got to" is most often contracted. I have a question for Califjim.  2I have got to get going is the more emphatic form of this one.  It would probably be said more slowly, with some stress on each of the first three syllables. What does "this one" refer to?  Thanks. Chariot

	Kooyeen  +  433922 Tue, 23 Oct 07 07:37 PM  Chariot wrote: 2.  "I've got to" is most often contracted. I have a question for Califjim.  2I have got to get going is the more emphatic form of this one.  It would probably be said more slowly, with some stress on each of the first three syllables. What does "this one" refer to?  Thanks. It's note #2, so the note refers to I've got to get going.2 Emphatic form of I've got to get going. Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Veteran Member 5,200 I'm on your internets, degrading your language with my ignorance and apathy

	CalifJim  +  433950 Tue, 23 Oct 07 08:57 PM Hey Kooyeen!  Thanks for answering that while I was away!  CJ CalifJim