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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Got or Gotten
0 Dear Folks, 02 br
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00 I do not know what part of speech I am referring to, but lately I have heard alot of people saying, "I got that" instead of "I have gotten that" or "I have got that thing." Is adding "ten" to the end of a word still in popular or proper usage in English? I hear people use it without using the 'ten' and it grates against my ears! Which is correct? 02 br
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00 Thank you. 02 br
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00 Lisa M. 0-
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00 I do not know what part of speech I am referring to, but lately I have heard alot of people saying, "I got that" instead of "I have gotten that" or "I have got that thing." Is adding "ten" to the end of a word still in popular or proper usage in English? I hear people use it without using the 'ten' and it grates against my ears! Which is correct? 02 br
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00 Thank you. 02 br
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00 Lisa M. 0-
Top answer
" Is adding "ten" to the end of a word still in popular or proper usage in English? I hear people use it without using the 'ten' and it grates against my ears! 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 'I got it/that' is often short for 'I have got it/that', meaning 'I understand'.
- " Is adding "ten" to the end of a word still in popular or proper usage in English?
- I hear people use it without using the 'ten' and it grates against my ears!
- 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 'I got it/that' is often short for 'I have got it/that', meaning 'I understand'.
- 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 Saying 'gotten' is, I believe, a feature of American English.
- eg 01 i 00 I have just gotten a new TV 02 i 00 .
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0 Hi Lisa, 02 br
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01 font 00 I do not know what part of speech I am referring to, but lately I have heard alot of people saying, "I got that" instead of "I have gotten that" or "I have got that thing." Is adding "ten" to the end of a word still in popular or proper usage in English? I hear people use it without using the 'ten' and it grates against
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01 font 00 I do not know what part of speech I am referring to, but lately I have heard alot of people saying, "I got that" instead of "I have gotten that" or "I have got that thing." Is adding "ten" to the end of a word still in popular or proper usage in English? I hear people use it without using the 'ten' and it grates against
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