I don't see a need for consistency across writers, but rather a need for consistency of voice from the characters (within reason, as every writer has a slightly different view of each character).
If you were writing in French there wouldn't be this argument of got vs gotten but you could still choose the wrong words for the character's voice and the PoV. In this case, though, you've chosen the right word because gotten is fugly. It just is. And the world doesn't need any more fugliness.
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Date: 2006-04-20 08:31 pm (UTC)If you were writing in French there wouldn't be this argument of got vs gotten but you could still choose the wrong words for the character's voice and the PoV. In this case, though, you've chosen the right word because gotten is fugly. It just is. And the world doesn't need any more fugliness.