[General] I got hearty news today....

[Silverobama]

Today my cousin gave birth to a baby and I was very happy to hear that. I texted a friend the following sentence after hearing the new:

I got hearty news today; My cousin has a daughter.

Is the italic sentence natural?

 

[5jj]

No.

I got [STRIKE]hearty[/STRIKE] great/wonderful/good news today. My cousin has had a daughter.

I'd say I've had some good news today. My cousin has just had her baby - it's a girl.

 

[emsr2d2]

We tend to use "hearty" only when saying "a hearty meal". Here, it means "filling, large".

 

[tzfujimino]

Congratulations!

 

[Rover_KE]

Also – Sounds of hearty laughter came from the stag party.

 

[Maybo]

I'd say I've had some good news today. My cousin has just had her baby - it's a girl.

Why do we need to use the present perfect for the first sentence? Can I say "I have some good news today"?

 

[Tdol]

I'd use I have some good news when telling the news, and the present perfect when I have received the news.

 

[emsr2d2]

Like Rover, I'd certainly use the present simple when reporting the good news, particularly if it's good news for the other person.

I have good news - you got the job.
I have good news - Sarah had her baby this morning!
I got some good news this morning. My cousin had her baby.
I've had some good news. My cousin had her baby this morning.

As you can see above, the past simple works when the timeframe is mentioned in the same sentence - "I got ... this morning". The present perfect works in a standalone sentence, and the timeframe is given in the next sentence (which uses the present simple).

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

We tend to use "hearty" only when saying "a hearty meal". Here, it means "filling, large".

It the US, it can also mean happy and emphatic:

- When she spotted me at the cafe, she gave me a hearty hello and came over to my table to gab.

- Here's a hearty toast to all our good friends at the Admiral Benbow Inn!​

But Silver, avoid the mistake that a lot of Americans make: confusing hearty with hardy. Since we pronounce them the same way, some of us don't know they're two different words.

And yes: Congratulations!

 

[Maybo]

I've had some good news. My cousin had her baby this morning.

How about "I've got some good news"? Can I use it in the above context?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

How about "I've got some good news"? Can I use it in the above context?

It's grammatical and natural, but the meaning is different.

"I got good news" means you received good news. "I've got good news" means you have good news to share with the person you're talking to.

 

[canadalynx]

I am not a teacher.

I know that people use these sentences colloquially "She had her baby this morning."/ "She has just had her baby." to express "She gave birth.../ She has just given birth...".

Can they be ambiguous?

1. She had her baby this morning = She ate her baby this morning. (As in she had her baby for breakfast)
2. She had her baby this morning = Her baby was with her this morning. (We don't know if she still has her baby now)

 

[GoesStation]

In the right context, have can mean "eat". You're going to have a very hard time finding such a context for sentence one.

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