I knew that my friend never got lost in the forest, but that time, he'd been there abnormally long, so when my mom said, "He will have got lost," I said that he (hadn't got/didn't have) to have got lost.
modal verbs - (Hadn't got/didn't have) to have got - English Language ...
the meaning of the slang"to have the chops" can be found in the following webpage: have the chops the followings are the contents: If you want to be great at something, you’ve got to have the chops. No, we’re not talking about the length of your sideburns.
Usually when you are using have in the sentence (other than stating possession) than the use of "gotten" can be the correct usage for the word "got".
so "I have got married" could also refer to "I have been married" am i interpreting right?
sentence construction - "I got married" and "I have got married ...
You're fine in US English, where have got is a present-tense form meaning possess, whereas got is a past-tense form meaning obtained; present perfect is not employed in referring to a specifically dated past event.
I have got to have another operation soon to pull my gum up - showing my teeth, after that, it will all rest on a brace! Replying to the question above, if you ask your dentist about it, maybe he ...
None of that makes much sense to me. I can't tell if you're disagreeing with me, or giving additional information. I'm sure I've got something for you is only "informal" in AmE insofar as it includes a contraction (in my experience, Americans rarely use I have something for you, which is the relatively formal BrE version).. But my point was simply that (with or without got, contracted or not ...