I got hung up on contractions this morning regarding the word “you’ve”. Normally, I’d say “you’ve got a problem”, which expands to “you have got a problem”, which isn’t wrong, but I normally wouldn’t say. Not contracting, I’d say “you have a problem”, so then should I just say “you’ve a problem”? That sounds weird in my head. Is this just a US English problem?
I’ve got all but the
use/useone. What’s the other usecase if one is “to consume”?It has utility = it has use
To consume = to use
You can have a use for something, and you can also use something (first one is pronounced the same as the end of ‘papoose’, second one is pronounced the same as ‘ooze’)
Thanks @frosty99c@midwest.social and @MurrayL@lemmy.world!
The noun ‘use’, as in ‘this has a specific use’
What’s the use of giving you the answer when you can look it up on the internet?
To have a brief conversation. I can look everything up myself, but it’s nice not being a basement dweller every now and then.
It was just my crass humor. I used the noun version of the word “use” because you said you couldn’t figure out how to use it.