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            This word ' got ' has 
            been confusing me for a long time. Is it against the rule of grammar 
            since ' got ' is the past tense of ' get '. Why I never hear people 
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            I get to go now ' ? | 
           
          
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            RonBee 
            
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            I get to go would mean the 
            same thing as  
            
            I am allowed to go. 
            
            I got to go is pretty much 
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            I've got to go, 
            but it is, I think, more emphatic. Certainly, it is informal speech. | 
           
          
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