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Default Re: Have got(ten)

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1a. (On the phone) A : Can I speak to John ? B : Can you phone back later? He's just got into the bath.
1b. When I saw David he had just got back from Australia.
I'd say 'gotten' for both.

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2a. Luigi's English has got a lot better recently.
2b. The tests showed that her eyesight had got considerably worse since the previous check-up.
again 'gotten' for both.

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3a. Hey everybody! I've got my exam results!
3b. When I saw John, he had just got his exam results.
The first one, I'd say 'got' to mean 'possess' or 'gotten' to mean 'received'
The second one, I'd use 'gotten'

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4a. Look! I've got a new car.
4b. He said he had got a new car.
I'd say 'got' and 'gotten' for these two, respectively

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5a. I've got a headache.
5b. I've got two sisters.
5c. I've got red hair
all 'got'

Please don't ask why
but maybe as a general rule I say 'have got' to mean 'possess' and 'have gotten' to mean 'have received'
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