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Stevesteve1 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Gotten question

I saw that "gotten" was discussed in another forum, but my question is a bit more particular:

Is it correct to ask: "Has everyone gotten a ticket?"

I was at a function of journalists recently and the Master of Ceremonies said this. Someone from the back corrected her by shouting out "RECEIVED"

Who was correct?


-Steve
  

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"Gotten" is the past participle of "got", right? " should be correct too. p.

— Ryan smith

  • "Gotten" is the past participle of "got", right?
  • " should be correct too.
  • p.
  • verbs and different objects.
  • I think the confusion comes from the fact that both "got" and "gotten" are valid past participles of "got".
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"Gotten" is the past participle of "got", right?

So if the sentence, "Has everyone written a column?" is correct, then it seems to me that the sentence "Has everyone gotten a ticket?" should be correct too. Same form just different p.p. verbs and different objects.

I think the confusion comes from the fact that both "got" and "gotten" are valid past participles of "got". Perha
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English ppl do not generally use "gotten" in that way - so the "corrector" would be protesting at the creep of Americanisms as much as anything, is my guess. It is the sort of usage that ppl who worry about "standards" get upset about!
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According to Fowler [Modern English Usage, published by Oxford University Press] "Have got" for "possess" or "have" is good colloquial but not good literary English.

The reason why the person did not correct "gotten" with the MODERN British "got" is that the meaning might be lost. "Has everyone got a ticket?" could mean "Does everyone have a ticket?" or "Has everyone gotten a ticket?"
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