I think the point is that the 've and the got make a redundant pair.
As in "I've a fairly short fuse in response to widely used but possibly technically incorrect grammatical constructions." is sufficient and does not require a "got".
"I've" == "I have"
"I have got" to stop caring so much?
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I think the point is that the 've and the got make a redundant pair.
As in "I've a fairly short fuse in response to widely used but possibly technically incorrect grammatical constructions." is sufficient and does not require a "got".
"I've" == "I have"