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New2grammar

#321107 Sun, 28 Jan 07 08:03 PM

I have not got/gotten the chance to read your report.

Which is correct, got or gotten?

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Marius Hancu

#321113 Sun, 28 Jan 07 08:25 PM

How about a small search? Many threads out there:

http://www.englishforums.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=got%20gotten&f=MTI=&u=

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milky

#321116 Sun, 28 Jan 07 08:30 PM

New2grammar wrote:

I have not got/gotten the chance to read your report.

Which is correct, got or gotten?

Both could be, but I prefer "not had the chance to..."

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Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".