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Message from skoopydo posted on 09-12-2011 at 11:35:40 (D | E | F)
Hello
Could anyoneplz please help me?
what is the difference between "Have to do it" and "get to do it"?
Thank you for your help.
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Edited by lucile83 on 09-12-2011 15:24
English only will be used here,thanks.
Message from skoopydo posted on 09-12-2011 at 11:35:40 (D | E | F)
Hello
Could anyone
what is the difference between "Have to do it" and "get to do it"?
Thank you for your help.
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Edited by lucile83 on 09-12-2011 15:24
English only will be used here,thanks.
Re: Have and get from sherry48, posted on 09-12-2011 at 15:16:05 (D | E)
Hello skoopydo.
Have to do means it's absolutely necessary. Get to do speaks more of an opportunity, possibility, or a chance to do something.
Have a nice day!
Sherry
Re: Have and get from gerondif, posted on 09-12-2011 at 17:19:24 (D | E)
Hello,
"I must do it" is correct standard English.
It means that either you yourself or somebody else is forcing you to do something but
basically, you accept or agree to do it.
"I have to do it" means that somebody else or circumstances are forcing you to do it .
"I have got to do it" means the same thing in a more popular way.
I got to do it or I gotta do it are colloquial forms of that sentence above.
Now if the verb get is used correctly:
"He eventually got to speaking to me " he eventually decided to speak to me.
I think the meaning given by sherry is:
I got to see him: I happened to see him, I saw him by chance, by accident.
to answer Jasmine:
to get means to receive and is correct:
I got a letter from her last night.
Get in ! Get into the car is correct, to get means to go, to move.
"I got to to that" is a fast form of "I have got to do that" "I've got to do that"
"Got to dance!! "(Gotta dance!) Gene Kelly said in "Singing in the rain".
"Have you" is technically wrong but I often heard it in Scotland:
"Have you the time ?" instead of the standard "do you have" or "have you got"
I think it can also be very posh !
Re: Have and get from jasmine16, posted on 09-12-2011 at 17:46:43 (D | E)
I have got = British,
obviously in order to avoid DO in questions and negative sentences:
I haven't got much time
Have you got brothers and sisters?
- and everything you have or own, you got or received somehow
(I have = is US, I GOT = US slang, the wrong part of the predicate is omitted!)
I don't have...
Do you have...?
Of course, you can also say: I have a new car. In Britain.
Some even say "Have you a new car now? But that's old-fashioned.
Re: Have and get from skoopydo, posted on 09-12-2011 at 19:29:08 (D | E)
sherry48: thank you ,, it's quite simple and helpful thanks
gerondif: thanks alot , but what do you mean with "colloquial forms"???
jasmine16 that's new ,, thank you
Re: Have and get from dsmith, posted on 10-12-2011 at 04:18:33 (D | E)
Hello - I agree with Sherry.
Doug
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