Helicopter ParentsBack when young ScaryDuck worked in the Dole office rather than simply queuing in it, he had to deal with a claimant brought in by his mum. She did all the talking. He was 40 years old.
Have you had to deal with over-protective parents? Get your Dad to tell us all about it.
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chthonic, Thu 10 Sep 2009, 15:13)
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Well done you.Still doesn't excuse the fact that "gotten" isn't a word.
(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 1:14, 2 replies)
GottenTop hit on google:
Here's what David Crystal says about The gotten/got distinction in
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (p.311):
"Gotten is probably the most distinctive of all the AmE/BrE grammatical
differences, but British people who try to use it often get it wrong.
It is not simply an alternative for have got. Gotten is used in such
contexts as
They've gotten a new boat. (= obtain)
They've gotten interested. (= become)
He's gotten off the chair. (= moved)
But it is not used in the sense of possession (= have). AmE does not
allow
*I've gotten the answer.
or *I've gotten plenty.
but uses I've got as in informal BrE. The availability of gotten
does however mean that AmE can make such distinctions as the following:
They've got to leave (they must leave) vs
They've gotten to leave (they've managed to leave)."
Up for debate?
(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 6:48, closed)
It was good enough for Shakespeare.Ill-gotten gains, anyone? I have a surplus.
(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 10:27, closed)
Are you an MP?(, Tue 15 Sep 2009, 14:56, closed)
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