How do Americans say it ?
One of my American teachers taught us several sentence patterns as below:
A1.I've got to get started with my homework
A2 I've got to get stronger
A3 I've got to get back in an hour
A4.I've got to get more of that
A5 I've go to get to the hospital
B1.I have to get started with my homework
B2 I have to get stronger
B3 I have to get back in an hour
B4.I have to get more of that
B5 I have to get to the hospital
C1.I need to get started with my homework
C2 I need to get stronger
C3 I need to get back in an hour
C4.I need to get more of that
C5 I need to get to the hospital
Regarding part A/B/C ,I would like to know which part of sentence patterns is most commonly used in American daily life ? I also appreciate answers from friends who speak British English (I suppose part A is for UK )
Thank you so much
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Answers · 12
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I'm a native U.S. speaker who grew up about twenty miles from New York City. All of these usages sound completely natural. Not one of them conveys any impression to me that the speaker "is British" or "isn't from around here."
In contrast, this morning, for the first time in my life I actually heard someone say "uff da." It was at a highway rest stop. There was a vending machine that was accepting money, not dispensing snacks, and not returning coins. "Uff da" is a very common expression in _one_ region of the United States. U.S. speakers can probably guess what state we were traveling through.
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I think you got some pretty great answers already. You can use all of those sentences in daily American life. But I did want to add this small note on casual/slang ways to say the same thing.
You mentioned that you wanted to know what Americans say in daily life. In regards to the A and B, when I am speaking to my friends, I usually say, "gotta" in both sections instead of "got to" and "have to."
For example:
I got to get more of that >> I gotta get more of that.
I have to get started with my homework >> I've gotta get started with my homework.
When I am really trying to make a point, then I will put stress on the words "have to" or "got to."
For example:
Friend: Hey, let's go to the movies!
Me: No, thanks. I gotta get home and do my homework.
Friend: Dude, who cares? Let's just go!
Me: I can't! I have GOT to finish this work before tomorrow.
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Likewise for British English.
All of these are normal and common. British and American English are not as different as you think they are - the standard basic language is virtually identical for all English speakers wherever we are from.
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All of these are normal and very common in American English. One is not more common than the others.
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