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Hello teachers,
Is this correct English?
"I have got a job with salary worth 4000 dollars."
Thank you.
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If you were just hired, so you want the perfect tense of "to get", then I have gotten a job with a salary of 4000 dollars If you are describing your current job, then you want "to have", so I have a job with a salary of 4000 dollars. Now a few comments on got vs gotten . It appears to be a controversial topic.
- If you were just hired, so you want the perfect tense of "to get", then I have gotten a job with a salary of 4000 dollars If you are describing your current job, then you want "to have", so I have a job with a salary of 4000 dollars.
- Now a few comments on got vs gotten .
- It appears to be a controversial topic.
- com/usage/got-gotten/ says that have gotten is North American usage and have got is used more commonly in the UK as the past participle of to get .
- Other articles I've read say gotten is wrong, others that got is wrong.
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If you were just hired, so you want the perfect tense of "to get", then
I have gotten a job with a salary of 4000 dollars
If you are describing your current job, then you want "to have", so
I have a job with a salary of 4000 dollars.
Now a few comments on got vs gotten. It appears to be a controversial topic.
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