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We could just ask you how much you would pay for iA Presenter. You’d probably want the lowest possible price. Just as we would like to charge the highest price possible. So what we do instead is tell you how pricing works. Then you tell us what numbers you’d come up with.

How Much Would You Charge for iA Presenter?

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In reality, as long as the zaibatsu kept the factories running, the rail lines expanding, and the shipyards operating at capacity, the men in Tokyo didn’t trouble themselves too much with the details.

The Forgotten Mistake That Killed Japan's Software Industry - Disrupting Japan

disruptingjapan.com

We should mention another familiar idiomatic use of “have got”—the one that means “must.” Here too, the “got” is not essential to the meaning. “I have got to leave” = “I have to leave” = “I must leave.” And again, a “do” reply to this variety of “have got” question is perfectly acceptable: “Have you got to leave?” … “I do.”

The Grammarphobia Blog: ‘Got a Screwdriver?’ … ‘I Do.’

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