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Angry BlondE Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Is it always necessary to use a past participle after has/have?

I'm not a native speaker and the usage of past participles is bothering me for a while. Eg.,:"I'm a great writer. What can I do with this gift? I've posted a couple things here and gotten glowing feedback." A person corrected the paragraph claiming simple past should be used instead of past participle(gotten). He was pretty confident in his claim.
  

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" A person corrected the paragraph claiming simple past should be used instead of past participle(gotten). He was pretty confident in his claim. They both (got/gotten) seem possible to me although got would probably be more common.

— Ivanhr

  • " A person corrected the paragraph claiming simple past should be used instead of past participle(gotten).
  • He was pretty confident in his claim.
  • They both (got/gotten) seem possible to me although got would probably be more common.
  • I've posted a couple of things here and gotten glowing feedback.
  • (=you've gotten glowing feedback since you started posting here) I've posted a couple of things here and got glowing feedback.
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Angry BlondEI've posted a couple things here and gotten glowing feedback." A person corrected the paragraph claiming simple past should be used instead of past participle(gotten). He was pretty confident in his claim.

They both (got/gotten) seem possible to me although got would probably be more common.


I've posted a couple of things here and

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Angry BlondEHe was pretty confident in his claim.

He was wrong. However, for regular verbs, and some irregular verbs, there is no orthographic difference in the past and past participle forms.

Examine a verb where this is not true, like eat, ring or steal:

I ate lunch. (past)
I have eaten lunch. (present perfect)

Frank s

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Angry BlondEI've posted a couple things here

Usage note: Many want "a couple of things" there. Some say "a couple things" is not non-standard, but the rest of us hear it as quite odd. It's kind of like coriander—if you use it, 20 percent of your guests will think your food tastes like rancid stinkbug sweat, so why use it?

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