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- Is it correct to shorten you have to youve? [closed]
If "you are" can be shortened to "you're", can "you have" be shortened to "you've"? Is it acceptable? If yes, what are the situations where it can be used?
- present perfect - You have or Youve got a message? - English . . .
I know it's common to say "You've got a message" and I'm wondering whether it's also correct to say "You have a message"?
- formality - Formal way to tell someone they accidentally sent you . . .
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- Youve got or gotten? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I mean you can replace “have got” with “have” or the other way around “I’ve got to go” equals ”I have to go”, with this you can separate the meanings between present and present perfect tense more easily
- Whats an idiom for something that youve heard many times?
I'm trying to write something for my blog, and I need an idiom that will replace me saying, "I've heard people say that all the time, it's the same old story "
- Origins of You Got This and Wait For It [closed]
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- Youve come to the right place! vs You came to the right place!
Hmmm It would likely be in the OED, but that is paywalled A shame, because your comment certainly accords with my experience: the two definitely have a difference in meaning to me as in the other answers, but my experience is that tenses are quite different in the US, the differences are subtle and outside speakers (British, Indian, Australian like me) do not really appreciate this
- word choice - What is the origin of the phrase youve got another . . .
Before reading this question, I don't think I'd ever come across "you've got another thing coming" I'm convinced by what Paul Brians says in Common Errors in English Usage: The Book (2nd Edition, November, 2008)
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