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Show HOW DO YOU SAY IT? j N By C N. Lurie 8 Common Errors in English and ! How to Avoid Them ' THE USE OF "GOT." THE word "get" and Its derivatives, deriva-tives, "got" and "gotten," have their proper place in the English language, lan-guage, but they are frequently overworked over-worked and misused. "Get" means "to acquire, to gain, to obtain, to procure," pro-cure," and It does not mean -to have or to become. To say "He gob a fortune," for-tune," meaning that he acquired one, Is correct usage, but It Is not correct to say "He's got a fortune" when one means "He has a fortune." Say "I have a cold," but do not say "I have got a cold" or "I've got a cold." Some authorities permit the use of 'have got," meaning "have," but they ?all such use colloquial, meaning that it is common but is not recognized as standard. It Is, however, sometimes defended on the ground that long usage has made it a part of our common com-mon speech. 'T did not get to go there," and similar sim-ilar expressions, are heard sometimes, some-times, but they are examples of another an-other faulty use of the word "get." Say,. "I could not go there," or "I had ao opportunity to go there." (copyright.) O |