Is it correct to shorten "you have" to "you've"? [closed]
2015年3月28日 · 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?
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Which is correct: "another think coming" or "another thing coming"?
The full phrase is if you think x, you've got another think coming.. Wiktionary notes on usage: This expression is used as a rebuke, often in constructions similar to "If X thinks that Y, he/she has another think coming!"
formality - Formal way to tell someone they accidentally sent you ...
As you mention that the sender is your "senior", you want to tread carefully. You could simply state: I believe this email was sent to me by mistake and wanted to make you aware of it possibly reaching the wrong destination.
Is there a term that defines nostalgia for something you've never ...
+1 because I was thinking of wistfulness before I scrolled down to see your answer. I'm not sure you'd normally be wistful about something in the future that was never in the past though - unless it's a future which the past/present has already ruled out for some reason.
word choice - What is the origin of the phrase "you've got another ...
2011年5月7日 · 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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2013年6月23日 · I came across the phrase, ‘got yourself a deal’ being introduced as a vulgar American English by a character in Jeffery Archer’s, fiction “The Fourth Estate.” In the scene Keith Townsend, Australian
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2018年10月12日 · 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.
present perfect - "You have" or "You've got" a message? - English ...
2015年4月11日 · That's not correct. "You've got a message" can mean exactly the same thing as "You have a message." (Likewise, "He's got blue eyes" means "He has blue eyes," not "He has received blue eyes.")
Usage of the phrase "We have been made."
2014年8月5日 · I heard this phrase most famously in Dylan's "Tombstone Blues": "The hysterical bride in the penny arcade / Screaming she moans, "I've just been made" / Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade / Says, "My advice is to not let the boys in"."