Anonymous  +  478984 Tue, 19 Feb 08 07:16 PM Please, friends, help me understand this. When I say, "I have a car.", it's Present Simple. OK! When I say, "I have got a car.", is it Present Simple or Perfect?  Thanks for your attention, brunces  Anonymous Present Perfect, Present Simple

	Yankee  +  478987 Tue, 19 Feb 08 07:23 PM Hi Brunces In this case, 'have got' means exactly the same thing as 'have'.  By the way, the present perfect of 'get' in American English would be 'have gotten'. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,491 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain American English, Present Perfect, Present Simple

	CalifJim  +  479056 Tue, 19 Feb 08 11:09 PM Anonymous “When I say, "I have got a car.", is it Present Simple or Perfect?” It's Present Perfect in form, but Present in meaning.  have got is an idiom, so it doesn't exactly "follow the rules"!  I have got a car = I have a car. I have got to leave soon = I have to leave soon.  CJ  CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,379 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Present Perfect, Present Simple, Idioms