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[graculus]

Ack. An editor whose opinions I usually happily accept wants me to replace 'got' with 'gotten' in one sentence of a recently-submitted zine story. Am I over-reacting when my immediate reaction is 'hell, no!'?

In case anyone was wondering, the sentence in question: There was little doubt that the sound of breaking glass was coming from inside, but how could anyone have got onto the train?

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Comments

[cara-chapel.livejournal.com]

Who's the character? Is it someone who might have been exposed to British culture? I use "got" frequently, having had some of my grammatical patterns formed by UK texts. Could your character be similarly "contaminated?" ;-D

[graculus.livejournal.com]

It's from the pov of James West, so it's debatable. ;)

[blktauna.livejournal.com]

gotten, all the way.
Sorry love listen to him on the show...

I'd never have Illya or Bodie or Jack or George say it, but Jimbo... that'd be his usage.

[cara-chapel.livejournal.com]

'Fraid I agree with blktauna! ;-)