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Old 05-Jan-2008, 11:53
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Hi,

I had a chance to read a joke (Link is below). Though I got the meaning and enjoyed .


Optimism vs. Pessimism - ** JOKES!! ** - tribe.net

But i couldn't grab the sentence "There's got to be a pony in here somewhere!", especially i couldn't get the use of "got to be" in this sentence....

Please help me out! and explain that in what capacity/position the word "got" or "got to" has been used here.

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Hi,

I had a chance to read a joke (Link is below). Though I got the meaning and enjoyed .


Optimism vs. Pessimism - ** JOKES!! ** - tribe.net

But i couldn't grab the sentence "There's got to be a pony in here somewhere!", especially i couldn't get the use of "got to be" in this sentence....

Please help me out! and explain that in what capacity/position the word "got" or "got to" has been used here.

Awaiting Reply,

Regards,
Ahmed.
As there is an enormous pile of horse dung, there must be a horse somewhere that produced it.

"got to be" = has to be/must be

Got is a much overused word. It can usually be replaced!
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