Hi folks.

Can I ask: Is it better to say “We’ve got to get going” or “ We have to get going”?

I hear the former in conversation and it slightly irks me. I think it’s because of the redundancy (?) in the sentence. Which is better, grammatically? The latter feels cleaner. Am I wrong?

  • Potatomache@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    1 year ago

    If I remember correctly, “have got to” is more informal than “have to”. So yeah, it’s cleaner/more grammatical.

    I think most people use the “got” as a extra word to emphasize urgency in day to day conversation. So in that way, it’s useful?

    • galilette@mander.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      I’m also in camp of “the longer the angrier”. Next in the escalation list would be “our ass”, followed by “fxxking”