Re: USAGE: gotten

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>It's ungrammatical to traditionalists but has come
>into usage and acceptance in the States via sloppy
>teaching.
>
>Clint
Or perhaps most teachers prefer content over strict following of grammar?
I'm sure to those Latin grammarians thought that all of those lovely new
ways of forming sentences in Vulgar Latin were considered "sloppy" as
well. Can't make everyone happy i guess.

;)

Had i erased all of these emails on this subject, i'd not have gotten this
far. I wonder if you've gotten the sarcasm of my email. ;).



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without that desire, that desire to communicate, would not look as your
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