In American English^x, Conversations^x, Contractions^x

1 Sounds natural to me 2 Sounds unnatural to me but not for the same reason as Yankee gives It s clearly an expression more often heard in conversation than seen in writing so contractions should be used to make it sound more natural I haven t the foggiest idea has a slightly British flavor More...

Hi Davidrock65 and Goodman Native speakers contract all kinds of things in spoken English and this happens on both sides of the pond I m American so my answer refers specifically to American English What d you do and Why d you do that A Is it commonly used in conversation and writing It is...

The idiom is have got in both American and British English It is a purely idiomatic alternate for have and is not much used except in the present tense That is have got is the present tense of this idiom even though get is the present tense form of to get and the past is got This is because have...