re:have got
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Date: 07/24/04
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Date: 24 Jul 2004 05:27:45 -0500
It would seem that "got" and "gotten" still exist side by side in US
English, Brian, although "got" has a very specific use.
"have got to go," seems a little harder to explain since it does not
imply ownership. Perhaps it's the idea of being possessed, as in, "he
was like a man possessed."
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