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When quoting someone, is it proper to change gotta to got to . . . If "gotta" is equivalent to "got to," and "gonna" is equivalent to "going to," adjusting the spelling is allowed, but further alteration for grammar ("have got to" instead of "got to") isn't Meanwhile, if gotta is important to capture the "tone or sense of place," use it unchanged
“kinda”, “sorta”, “coulda”, “shoulda”, “lotta”, “oughta”, “betcha . . . Wikipedia Gonna, gotta and wanna are not contractions Contractions are shortenings like aren’t and can’t The missing letters have been replaced by an apostrophe, and the original words are discernible in the contraction Contractions are acceptable in all but the most formal writing Here are a few standard contractions: aren’t = are
Aint and gotta - English Language Usage Stack Exchange gotta translates as: have got to or have to, the two ways to say have in English and where to have to or have got to means be obliged to do something ain't gotta: do not have to [verb] or have not got to [verb]
I get it vs. I got it - English Language Usage Stack Exchange "I got it" is ungrammatical, and while it may correspond to the pronunciation used by many native speakers, in truth what sounds like "I got it" is the contracted form of "I've got it " Just because people don't know that's what they're saying doesn't mean that's not what they're saying; it just means they're unreflective about their language usage and need to learn to defer to those of us who
etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I'm curious what is the exact meaning usage of this phrase idiom? The OED has colloq [uial] to see a man (about a dog, horse, etc ) and variants: used euphemistically as a vague excuse for leaving, (a) to keep an undisclosed appointment; (b) to go to buy alcoholic drink; (c) to go to the toilet and that’s about right In the usage I’ve seen in the US and English-language media, I would