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To: Kevin in California

Got’s a weird word, usage wise.

Still, everyone knows the proper usage is with ain’t as in: “ain’t got none”.

Or if one wants to be hoity-toity about it, “ain’t got any”.


15 posted on 10/11/2014 7:30:04 PM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: ifinnegan

The plural of got is gots. Gotten is the past pluperfect subjective case. In a sentence:

I gots to git me sum o’ dat.


16 posted on 10/11/2014 7:35:35 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: ifinnegan
Great movie scene ...

I Gots To Know!

18 posted on 10/11/2014 7:39:38 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The ship be sinking.")
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