Hi folks.
Can I ask: Is it better to say “We’ve got to get going” or “ We have to get going”?
I hear the former in conversation and it slightly irks me. I think it’s because of the redundancy (?) in the sentence. Which is better, grammatically? The latter feels cleaner. Am I wrong?
If I remember correctly, “have got to” is more informal than “have to”. So yeah, it’s cleaner/more grammatical.
I think most people use the “got” as a extra word to emphasize urgency in day to day conversation. So in that way, it’s useful?
I’m also in camp of “the longer the angrier”. Next in the escalation list would be “our ass”, followed by “fxxking”