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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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After have gotten one

I read this online, something wrong?

I hate giving a massage after have gotten one.

Thanks a million
  

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Hi, I read this online, something wrong? Yes I hate giving a massage after have gotten one. eg I hate giving a massage after having got(ten) one.

— Clive

  • Hi, I read this online, something wrong?
  • Yes I hate giving a massage after have gotten one.
  • eg I hate giving a massage after having got(ten) one.
  • eg I hate giving a massage after getting one.
  • eg I hate giving a massage after I get one.
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Hi,

I read this online, something wrong? Yes

I hate giving a massage after have gotten one.

eg I hate giving a massage after having got(ten) one.

eg I hate giving a massage after getting one.

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Anonymous I read this online. Is there something wrong with it?

I hate giving a massage after have gotten one. Thanks a million

Aside from the inherent selfishness of it, "... after having gotten one."

Gotten is the American form. I'm not sure if in BrE it would simply be "after having got one." I think so, but wait for a
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Grammar GeekGotten is the American form. I'm not sure if in BrE it would simply be "after having got one." I think so, but wait for a British speaker to confirm.
Hi,

The Oxford English Dictionary—which mostly uses British English—points out that the form gotten

is the past participle of get in North American English, whereas it
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AnonymousI hate giving a massage after have gotten one.
I think if my old prof were able to read that, he would probably leap up out of his grave and waggle his finger under our noses: “Don't use GOT. Don't use GET. And never use GOTTEN!” He had a thing about them, saying that they were overused 'lazy' words; that there were far more 'beautiful' words availabl
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