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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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got by

You could have [got/gotten] by if you had posted the sentences individually.

Which is natural?

Thanks.
  

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Got, (to an Englishman).

  • Got, (to an Englishman).
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Got, (to an Englishman).
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Thanks, Huevos.

I'm trying to learn how to use gotten. I guess an American speaker would be helpful here.
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New2grammarI guess an American speaker would be helpful here.
I guess so too. Gotten doesn't exist in BrE.
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I found the following in the dictionary: In British English got is the regular past participle of get, and gotten survives only in a few set phrases, such as ill-gotten gains. In American English gotten,
although occasionally criticized, is an alternative standard past
participle in most senses, especially in the senses “to receive” or “to
acquire”: I have gotten (or got
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As I understand it, The correst choice would be 'gotten by' in AmE, am I right?

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