"You Got Some Explaining to Do"

[GoodTaste]

What is the difference between "You Got Some Explaining to Do" and "You Got Some Explanation to Do"?

Since the gerund is present continuing, I get the former means "the explanation is on the way" while the latter is not restricted by the time. I am not sure.

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Mark Julian Felder (born July 21, 1983), more commonly known under the simply Bizzle, is an American Christian hip hop recording artist and entrepreneur. In January 2010, Bizzle released "You Got Some Explaining to Do" directed towards Jay-Z, calling the rap icon out on his negative references towards Jesus and Christianity in his music.

Source: Bizzle - Wikipedia

[GoesStation]

Have you found any examples of "some explanation to do"?

[Skrej]

The main difference is that only 'explaining' is possible here. 'Explanation' is not possible.

Gerunds aren't continuous, because they're no longer verbs. It simply means you need to explain yourself and/or your actions.

[tedmc]

I don't think you can replace explaining with explanation as do does not collocate with explanation. It is either of the following:

You got some explaining to do.
You got some explanation to provide/give.

[GoodTaste]

Have you found any examples of "some explanation to do"?

Google has about 212,000 results for the phrase "some explanation to do" (search with the quotation marks to restrict the results to the phrase).

Some Explanation to do - YouTube


Wels... You've got some explanation to do....... - Reddit


Apparently Nell has some "explanation" to do - storytime ...


You have some explanation to do - Off Topic Archive - World


Thelocalsociety - Artzoo have some explanation to do ...

[Piscean]

I never rely on Google for what is acceptable.

This ngram might interest you: https://books.google.com/ngrams/grap...o%20do%3B%2Cc0

[Skrej]

Every example you posted is wrong. I wonder if so many erroneous results isn't the result of some kind of meme, similar to "all your base are belong to us'.

Edit: Also, all but two of those links are obvious non-native speakers. One of those two I can't confirm, as it's a dead link.

[tzfujimino]

We are not speak English good.

[Tdol]

Google has about 212,000 results for the phrase [COLOR=#333333]"some explanation to do" (search with the quotation marks to restrict the results to the phrase).

And it has over five times that number for the explaining form. Always search both ways.

[emsr2d2]

May I be the first to point out that "You got" is also wrong? It should be "You've got ..." or "You have got ...". "You got" is the simple past of "You get". That's not the verb being used in this context. It's "to have got something to do".