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	Fandorin  #534498  Mon, 30 Jun 08 09:59 AM Hi, everybody. Could you help me? "Because if you do, I got a great guy for you". Could anyone explain why in the main part of this is used Past Tense together with the Present one in the conditional Part? Is it the First conditional or it might be an exception or something else? Ans it would be great to get some examples. Thanks a lot.      Fandorin Joined on Thu, Dec 20 2007 Russia Full Member (280) What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger.
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	Marius Hancu  #534502  Mon, 30 Jun 08 10:06 AM  I got=I've got=I have (all present) here     Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Montreal, Canada Veteran Member (11,673)

	Fandorin  #534507  Mon, 30 Jun 08 10:16 AM It's a kind of interesting. Is it usually used in American English?     Fandorin
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	Marius Hancu  #534510  Mon, 30 Jun 08 10:27 AM This usage of I got as present is informal/uneducated, and not recommended: --   Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union: Hearings Before ... - Page 41 by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations - 1984   I would rather pass on that, if you do not mind. I got enough problems. --  The Grizzly Man - Page 170 by Jon Sharpe - Fiction - 1985 - 10 pages   "It don't matter much if you do or not. I got a witness to them killings. He came with me all the way from Black Bend." Grizzly didn't bother to deny ...    Marius Hancu

	Fandorin  #534728  Mon, 30 Jun 08 05:27 PM  Thanks for explanations. It really makes things clear.    Fandorin