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Future332 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

got vs. gotten

Could you please tell me which of the following is grammatical?
I should've got up earlier. OR
O should've gotten up earlier.
Thanks.
  

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future332 should've got up earlier ... should've gotten up earlier. Both are acceptable.

— CalifJim

  • future332 should've got up earlier ...
  • should've gotten up earlier.
  • Both are acceptable.
  • Some dispute it, but I've always been told that the past perfect of "get" is more likely to be "got" in BrE and "gotten" in AmE.
  • The exception is in the idiom "have got" of possession ( I've got a cold ), which takes "got" and not "gotten" in all varieties of English.
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future332should've got up earlier ... should've gotten up earlier.
Both are acceptable. Some dispute it, but I've always been told that the past perfect of "get" is more likely to be "got" in BrE and "gotten" in AmE.

The exception is in the idiom "have got" of possession (I've got a cold), which takes "got" and not "gotten" in all varieties o
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The third form (past participle) of GET is never 'gotten' in BrE.
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