[Grammar] Be careful, he’s got/has a pretty violent temper.

[kadioguy]

Be careful, he’s got a pretty violent temper.

https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/temper
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a. Be careful, he’s got a pretty violent temper.
b. Be careful, he has a pretty violent temper.

What is the difference in meaning between them?

 

[Rover_KE]

They mean the same to me.

 

[emsr2d2]

In terms of possession, "to have" and "to have got" mean exactly the same (in BrE, at least).

I have a cat.
I've got a cat.

He has twelve houses.
He's got twelve houses.

You will find the same interchangeability when using "have to" to mean "must".

I have to go.
I've got to go.

She has to find a job.
She's got to find a job.

When I was teaching in Spain, I made a point of teaching both forms. Most students were unaware of the "have got" version. However, I briefly taught an eight-year-old boy and I was surprised to see that his school English grammar book showed only "to have got" as the infinitive English form of "tener". It did not give "to have".

 

[kadioguy]

Thank you both.

c. I have a book.
d. I've got a book.

Can (d) mean "I didn't have a book, but now I've got a book"? For example,

I've got a book. I just borrowed one from my classmate.

 

[GoesStation]

c. I have a book.
d. I've got a book.

Can (d) mean "I didn't have a book, but now I've got a book"? For example,

I've got a book. I just borrowed it from my classmate.

Yes. So can c. When they mean possession or necessity, have and have got mean exactly the same thing.

 

[kadioguy]

Then it made a mistake. There is no infinitive form (to) have got. The infinitive form (to) have serves for both forms of the verb, those with or without 'got'.

Hi, Piscean, I don't really understand the text in color. If you don't mind, could you tell me more about it?

Do you mean The infinitive form (to) have serves for both forms of the verb (have), those with or without 'got'? (For example,have, have got, and has, has got, and had, had got)

 

[tedmc]

Be careful, he’s got a pretty violent temper.

Isn't that a run-on sentence?

 

[kadioguy]

Isn't that a run-on sentence?

It is, but I see it as in a conversation, where [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]run-on sentences often [/FONT]happen[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif].[/FONT]

 

[Rover_KE]

It is, but I see it as in a conversation, where run-on sentences often happen.

No. they don't. You don't hear punctuation when you're listening to a conversation; they happen when you're transcribing a conversation and use a comma instead of a semicolon or a full stop/period.

 

[kadioguy]

You don't hear punctuation when you're listening to a conversation; they happen when you're transcribing a conversation and use a comma instead of a semicolon or a full stop/period.

Thank you, Rover_KE.

[FONT=Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]A.[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]You don't hear punctuation when you're listening to a conversation.[/FONT]
B. You can't hear punctuation when you're listening to a conversation.
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What is the difference in meaning between them?[/FONT]

 

[Rover_KE]

There's no difference.