![]() ![]() ‘Got’ provides a strong stress, before the weak stressed article ‘a’, followed by two strong stresses ‘new car’, creating a satisfying ‘up and down’ rhythm more typical of British English.Īdditionally, we can say that ‘have’ is more formal and used in written English more often, while ‘have got’ is more informal and used in spoken English more frequently. ![]() We do not hear the rhythm that is familiar in British English: ‘Has’ tends to be unstressed or lightly stressed. One reason for this may be that ‘have got’ provides stronger sentence stress than ‘have’, which is preferred in British English. ‘Have’ and ‘have got’ both generally mean the same thing, although ‘have’ is more common in American English and ‘have got’ is more common in British English.
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