dialect in novels

[Bob Fitzke]

Why doesn't "I have the same book" suffice? Or depending on the thought
intended, "I got the same book"?

Bob

Salikoko Mufwene wrote:
>
> At 09:58 AM 2/24/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>
> > My sense of "have got" is that the "got" is usually superfluous.
> >
> > Bob
>
> Any more superfluous than in "I've got the same book" (as a variant of
> "I have the same book")?
>
> Sali.
>
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