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Re: [OM] OT: Use of verbs, was Re: olympus Digest, Vol 27, Issue 31

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Use of verbs, was Re: olympus Digest, Vol 27, Issue 31
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 10:31:06 -0500
Yeah, but "gotten" has such a nice ring to it, not to mention what it does to 
the Grammar Patrol. <g> As I recall, it is/was fairly common usage in the 
southern Appalachians, which has dialects unto themselves.

--Bob



On Jan 31, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Walters, Martin wrote:

> Just because the PP of "forget"
> is "forgotten", doesn't mean that PP of "get" is "gotten". 

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