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Reduction
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Reduction
+ 'to'

Pattern

Reductions are common in natural speech.
Written reduced forms in advertisements, songs, personal writing, reflect natural spoken language.
They are not standard written English.

reduced form
reflects natural spoken language
standard written form

gotta
hafta
hasta
wanna
gonna
oughta

got to
have to
has to
want to
going to
ought to