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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

got/gotten

It appeared as if it (the butterfly) had gotten as far as it could and it couldn't go any further.

Hi,

Is "gotten" in the above interchangeable with "got?" Thanks.
  

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Hi. Yes, both of the words may be used. Simply "have(has) got" tend to be used side by side with have (has,had).

— Fandorin

  • Hi.
  • Yes, both of the words may be used.
  • Simply "have(has) got" tend to be used side by side with have (has,had).
  • have(had,has) got = have(has,had).
  • But the expression "had got" is rarely used in contemporary grammar.
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Hi. Yes, both of the words may be used. Simply "have(has) got" tend to be used side by side with have (has,had).

have(had,has) got = have(has,had). But the expression "had got" is rarely used in contemporary grammar.
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Hi Angliholic

In American English, 'gotten' is the past participle of 'get'. I believe that the usual past participle of 'get' in BE would be 'got'.
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FandorinHi. Yes, both of the words may be used. Simply "have(has) got" tend to be used side by side with have (has,had).
have(had,has) got = have(has,had). But the expression "had got" is rarely used in contemporary grammar.

Hi Fandorin

You seem to be mixing things up.

Angliholic's sentence is not an example of the idiom
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FandorinHi. Yes, both of the words may be used. Simply "have(has) got" tend to be used side by side with have (has,had).

have(had,has) got = have(has,had). But the expression "had got" is rarely used in contemporary grammar.

I agree with you wholly, Yankee. Simply I wanted to explain the difference between such construction. Thanks fo
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