An ad on tv: went to gone
What if innovation had stopped here and never went beyond?
I saw this ad and asked their marketing deptartment to change "went" to "gone" so that the past participles of the verbs would match. They actually made the change!! I'm quite happy but now I'm wondering if "gotten" might have been a better choice.
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gone is fine here The use of the verb ' go ' fits the use earlier of the verb ' stop '. Gotten does not fit with this idea of stopping and going. Note also that the use of the verb form 'gotten' is more a feature of US English, Instead of 'never gone beyond', I'd say 'never gone any further'.
- gone is fine here The use of the verb ' go ' fits the use earlier of the verb ' stop '.
- Gotten does not fit with this idea of stopping and going.
- Note also that the use of the verb form 'gotten' is more a feature of US English, Instead of 'never gone beyond', I'd say 'never gone any further'.
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gone is fine here The use of the verb 'go' fits the use earlier of the verb 'stop'.
Gotten does not fit with this idea of stopping and going. Note also that the use of the verb form 'gotten' is more a feature of US English,
Instead of 'never gone beyond', I'd say 'never gone any further'.
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