[net.nlang] I've got to

colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman) (02/21/85)

> Something that's suddenly bugging me is the construction "I've got",
> as in "I've got to go to the store", sometimes also "I have got to
> go to the store."

It's a natural colloquialism.  "I have to" has an "h", which makes it
awkward to pronounce.  (Ask any Frenchman.) "I've got to" is easier to
pronounce and to hear.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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