In British English^x, Past tenses^x

Hello Nader Yes, "texted" is very common – in British English, at least. (And sometimes people say "text" as the past tense.) MrP

The word "get" means "recieve" and/or "take". The past tense is "got". The past participle is "gotten" (archaic and modern U.S.) The past participle is also "got" in Modern British. But, "got" also means "have" in informal English. "She's got to have it." = She has to have it. It...

Advoca wrote: Here is some advice on the use of got and gotten. Got is the past tense and past participle of get. You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. I’ve got a coat just like this. ***...

Advoca wrote: Here is some advice on the use of got and gotten. Got is the past tense and past participle of get. You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. I’ve got a coat just like...

Learned and learnt are basically the same. They are both used as the past tense form and past participle of "learned". I made a Google search for both the words and the results are: EDU(USA) sites : I learned/learnt 611,000/12,300 I have learned/learnt 162,000/52,100 learned...

Hmm.. Luigio, you are right! It IS spelt like that in other countries! Well done!!! There's a big BIG world out there to explore, and rather a lot more countries use British English than use American. This is what askoxford.com has to say; -- Learnt, learned These are...

Hi Xcats, This is related to the spelling of the past tense forms of regular verbs; it also applies to the "ing" form. spelling of regular affirmative past tense forms Most regular verbs: add -ed work —worked help —helped start — started rain —rained stay —stayed show —...

They both mean the same thing. "Have you got ...?" is more common in British English, perhaps, but as far as I know, both are used in all varieties of English. "have got" is probably the only case in English where the present perfect form is used with present meaning. "Do you have?" is much...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...

I learned it the same way, pieanne did - and all my grammar books also say that "just" is a signal word for perfect tenses ---> at least in British English. Americn English tends to use "just" with the Simple Past. "Preterite" btw is applicable to English as well as for every Germanic...