By Present tenses, British English

He bought a parrot that the seller said it would repeat every word he uttered. Contented, he went home and but later found it didn't say a word. Furious, he went back to the owner and asked him what had happened. The owner answered that he had not lied (didn't lie OK??) to the man. The...

Hi Hiro . Using your definitions again: 1. I have acquired / obtained (present perfect) = In American English: "I have gotten" (I've gotten) In British English: "I have got" (I've got) 2. I have / I possess (simple present tense) = In American and British English: "I have...

British English it changes:Present tense - BeatPast simple- Beat Past Participle - BeatenUs English:Present Tense - Beat Past Simple - BeatPast Participle - BeatRegards.

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 is...

Speakers of British English have a very strong preference for 'already' with the perfect tenses to the exclusion of the simple past. (But check with a speaker of BrE to be sure.) Americans use 'already' quite freely with the perfect tenses and the simple past. "I already saw that movie". ...

The idiom is "have got" in both American and British English. It is a purely idiomatic alternate for "have" and is not much used except in the present tense. That is, "have got" is the present tense of this idiom, even though "get" is the present tense form of "to get", and the past is "got". ...

Yes, you are right - this is a matter of British and American English: In American English, the forms usually are: get (infinitive) got (past tense) gotten (past participle) while in British they are: get (infinitive) got (past tense) got (past participle) The "inappropriate" use you are...