Remind me why this is wrong...
Okay, I know 'got' in American English (at least) is one of those verbs that is best avoided, because it sounds either uneducated or just plain wrong in a lot of uses.
I know it's grammatically okay to say, "I've got the car keys."
But my inner grammarian says "Does anyone got the car keys?" is just so wrong and bad and should be "Does anyone have the car keys?"
I can say "I have the car keys./Does anyone have the car keys?" But I can't do the same thing with 'got'?
It's not a case of the wrong form of the verb. It's a case of my brain screaming, "OMG YOU CAN'T SAY THAT!" and yet when I analyze it for the WHY that's so ragingly wrong, I can't figure out why you have to skip to a whole new verb.
Someone help? I know I should know this, but I think I've crossed into over-thinking it so much I can't make stuff make sense.
I know it's grammatically okay to say, "I've got the car keys."
But my inner grammarian says "Does anyone got the car keys?" is just so wrong and bad and should be "Does anyone have the car keys?"
I can say "I have the car keys./Does anyone have the car keys?" But I can't do the same thing with 'got'?
It's not a case of the wrong form of the verb. It's a case of my brain screaming, "OMG YOU CAN'T SAY THAT!" and yet when I analyze it for the WHY that's so ragingly wrong, I can't figure out why you have to skip to a whole new verb.
Someone help? I know I should know this, but I think I've crossed into over-thinking it so much I can't make stuff make sense.