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When quoting someone, is it proper to change gotta to got to . . . If "gotta" is equivalent to "got to," and "gonna" is equivalent to "going to," adjusting the spelling is allowed, but further alteration for grammar ("have got to" instead of "got to") isn't Meanwhile, if gotta is important to capture the "tone or sense of place," use it unchanged
formality - How often do people say gotta, wanna or gonna in . . . The odd thing to me about gonna, gotta, and wanna (and their close relative hafta, and their more distant relative gimme) isn't that these words have become mainstream in both spoken and informal written American English; it's that the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary series refuses to acknowledge their existence
“kinda”, “sorta”, “coulda”, “shoulda”, “lotta”, “oughta”, “betcha . . . Wikipedia Gonna, gotta and wanna are not contractions Contractions are shortenings like aren’t and can’t The missing letters have been replaced by an apostrophe, and the original words are discernible in the contraction Contractions are acceptable in all but the most formal writing Here are a few standard contractions: aren’t = are
I get it vs. I got it - English Language Usage Stack Exchange "I got it" is ungrammatical, and while it may correspond to the pronunciation used by many native speakers, in truth what sounds like "I got it" is the contracted form of "I've got it " Just because people don't know that's what they're saying doesn't mean that's not what they're saying; it just means they're unreflective about their language usage and need to learn to defer to those of us who
american english - Why does to dip mean to leave? - English . . . Have you ever heard the (older) expressions, dip out for a bit, or dip in for a quick one? The idea being conveyed is the diversion is short, finite, noncommital, as in a short detour BTW, in modern slang usage, dip isn't just leave, but more strongly like skeedaddle, getting out of here
expressions - How to use get to and got to? - English Language . . . In such spoken contexts, this got to is typically pronounced as gotta, and in writing it is often transcribed as such (see e g here) Thus, in spoken language, the two senses of got to are usually pronounced differently and so there is normally no confusion
Aint and gotta - English Language Usage Stack Exchange gotta translates as: have got to or have to, the two ways to say have in English and where to have to or have got to means be obliged to do something ain't gotta: do not have to [verb] or have not got to [verb]