> > I've a good article on that by Anne Fadiman...
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> -gasp- I love when people use "I've" when the "have" they are contracting is the possessive
> "have", not the past perfect "have". You TULE.

A lot of people do that. It's just that most of them ruin the effect by also using "got".

"Got" is an ugly word. Got. Got. Got. And I can't think of any sentence where one actually needs to use it. So I try not to.

Paul