chris  +  1050 Thu, 19 Jun 03 01:58 PM Americans use the past simple with yet whereas (as we all know) "yet" is used in British English with the present perfect. BE, I haven't phoned the doctor yet. AE, I didn't phone the doctor yet. (I know which one I'd prefer to say - and it's not the second one ) chris Joined on Mon, Apr 7 2003 Malta Contributing Member 1,105 British English, Past Simple, Present Perfect

	NanakiXIII  +  1052 Thu, 19 Jun 03 02:00 PM If "gotten" is American, what do the Brittish say then?? I know a few Brittish people they all use "gotten". NanakiXIII Joined on Wed, Jun 18 2003 Netherlands Junior Member 76

	chris  +  1054 Thu, 19 Jun 03 02:05 PM It's true - many British people do indeed use "gotten" as a past participle. However the correct form is "got" I've got a really nice car! Your English has got much better since you joined the forums! chris British People

	NanakiXIII  +  1055 Thu, 19 Jun 03 02:16 PM "I've got a really nice car!" ? That sounds like it means "I own a really nice car!" "Your English has got much better since you joined the forums!" on the other hand, sounds completely wrong in my ears. But I guess that's what one can expect from learning English by watching TV... NanakiXIII Learning English

	chris  +  1056 Thu, 19 Jun 03 02:21 PM Technically and grammatically, both are correct. However we might phrase both sentences differently to mean the same: "Your English has got much better since you joined the forums!" can be re-written Your English has improved since you joined the forums - to mean the same! chris

	NanakiXIII  +  1057 Thu, 19 Jun 03 02:26 PM I'm used to using "Has got" (has being any form of have) in the meaning of "owning". So it sounds strange to me. NanakiXIII

	hitchhiker  +  1103 Thu, 19 Jun 03 11:19 PM It's incredibly common in English: You've got much thinner (Have got) When did it get so hot in here? What's got up your nose? - (What's wrong with you) hitchhiker Joined on Mon, Nov 18 2002 Richmond, UK Senior Member 4,036 Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement...

	tam  +  1336 Wed, 25 Jun 03 10:50 PM I had a hilarious conversation with two Americans about this potatoe/ potaaatoe thing. Turns out they always thought that potaaatoe was British, as everyone in the States says potatoe the same way we do. The only people I've heard say it differently are some French students... so the question is how did it end up in the song? tam Joined on Fri, Mar 21 2003 Junior Member 53 Conversations