And by real, I mean in the (American) dictionary.
2006-12-13 04:12:10 · 14 answers · asked by Jenna G 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
According to the dictionary it is. It's a past participle of "got"
2006-12-13 04:15:32 · answer #1 · answered by moonmarquette 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's 'real' enough, but whether or not it being a subjunctive past participle confers some cudos upon it, its use does rather grate on the English ear.
2006-12-14 09:37:12 · answer #2 · answered by chartres52 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's the past participle of "get," as other have said.
I get, I got, I have gotten.
It's the same as
I eat, I ate, I have eaten.
2006-12-13 23:16:04 · answer #3 · answered by Charlotte R. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the past participle of ''get''. It is always used as ''have gotten'', ''had gotten'', ''has gotten''.
2006-12-13 04:18:13 · answer #4 · answered by Shossi 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is.
For example in the sentence: "What's gotten into you" ;)
It's only American English however.
Normally you would just say got.
Just noticed: I pressed the "Check Spelling"-button and everything was correct! YAY!
2006-12-13 04:18:32 · answer #5 · answered by dodo_loui 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I fell foul of the word gotten when I was at school (I used it as a past participle of to get). In American English it is indeed the past participle of to get but in English it isn't. So as far as American Dictionary's go - yes!
2006-12-13 04:22:14 · answer #6 · answered by kaleidoscope_girl 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is. It is no longer common in the UK but it is mentioned even in the Concise Oxford as an American usage.
(It's the past participle of "get"--not all dictionaries will list it as a separate item.)
2006-12-13 04:22:46 · answer #7 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it is not:
dont know, have you gotten any real answers yet?
I don't know, have you got any real answers yet?
He has gotten away with murder all his life.
He has got away with murder all his life
"What's gotten into you"
"What's got into you?"
You might have *gotten* hurt.
You might have got hurt, or even better
You may have been hurt.
2006-12-13 07:24:34 · answer #8 · answered by ukcufs 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
American isn't real! In the only true English Dictionary -
no, it's not a word, or a participle (again that's just furked up American usage which doesn't count) its a suffix.
2006-12-13 04:20:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
No it's not a real word.
2006-12-13 04:14:59 · answer #10 · answered by Evil Atheist Conspirator 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋