"James Silverton" > wrote in message
news:aMfDi.1482$6T5.434@trnddc06...
> Kate wrote on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:52:42 -0400:
>
> KC> Dee Dee wrote:
> ??>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ??>> ...
> ??>>
> ??>>> Do you use 'got' instead of 'gotten' ?
> ??>>
> ??>> I never say, 'gotten.' I think it may be incorrect. But
> ??>> I have to check myself not to use it because it is on the
> ??>> tip of my tongue. Dee Dee
>
> KC> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/gotten.html
>
> KC> Gotten is not incorrect as such, it depends on the
> KC> usage.
>
> I can't see why I should have any objection to "gotten" tho' I had never
> used it before I emigrated to the US. It is my impression that this
> ancient form is not used in the UK. I still sometimes say "got" where
> American usage might call for "gotten" :-)
>
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland

Here's an example of a sentence I like -- Just Kidding!
"I've gone and gotten the ..."

Dee Dee