Tfmcmg is Johnny Green
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Post by Tfmcmg is Johnny Green on Dec 21, 2009 16:31:20 GMT -5
I'm confused a bit about this. You've stands for You have right? So shouldn't You've a girlfriend be considered proper because you're really saying "You have a girlfriend?"
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@TenaciousBe
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Post by @TenaciousBe on Dec 21, 2009 17:00:02 GMT -5
I think it's a little different because of the usage of "have." In something like "you have a gift," "have" implies ownership. In the other usage, "you have done something wrong / you've done something wrong," "have" is more of a helper with "done" so it means something slightly different.
I would bet that you're right, as far as language rules go, but it just sounds weird because nobody uses it that way.
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Dec 21, 2009 17:01:35 GMT -5
It can be used but you have to put the word "got" between you've and the "a" in order to sound right.
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