By Present simple, American English

Hi BruncesIn 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'.

Well, people will understand what you are saying either way, so no, you don't *have* to use present perfect, but I think it is a more accurate and natural usage. The prevalence of present simple for this construct in google probably has a lot to do with the dominance of American English on the...

We use "think" in the past simple or past perfect tense to indicate a belief that was previously held but that has been shown to be incorrect. For example: I didn't think she was going. (past simple) I had thought that she wasn't going. (past perfect) The exception is in converting from direct...