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And why is it not "have gotten" instead of "have got" ?
Isn't it that the correct construction is: have + past participle(verb) ?
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There are
two past participles of the verb "to get"!
got and
gotten. In the perfect tenses, the British use
got, and the Americans use
gotten.
However, in the special case of the
idiom have got, which is not a true perfect tense, British and American usage agree.
have got is used in both varieties of English. Note that the idiom has the
form of a (BrE) perfect tense, but the
meaning of a present tense.
See also
Post:47932.
CJ