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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

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

It's my understanding that "gotten" is correct American English (it's in my dictionary), but not in the UK. So if it's Jack or Daniel or any other American saying it, I think it's fine.