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15 things Americans say have gotten worse, more expensive, or more annoying in recent years
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Gotten usually implies the [punctive act /] process of obtaining something, as in he had gotten us tickets for the show, while got implies the state [durative] of possession or ownership, as in I haven’t got any money.
I see these two expressions are used almost identically in different contexts. Is there a difference between I have got and I have gotten?
Possible Duplicate: Difference between “I have got” and “I have gotten” In this example, my teacher thinks it should be got, but I feel like gotten is better: I shouldn't have got / gotten ma...
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The admonition "don't use got" has gotten a lot broader than I remember it being. When I was young, what overly-picky grammarians complained about was using "got" (or "have got") to mean "possess" rather than "acquire" or "become".
Gotten is the past participle of to get, so to form the present perfect (the tense you are forming with has _) you would use it. Alternatively "Violence got worse over the years" would be correct, making it plain old past tense instead.
In American English, have got is an idiomatic construction meaning have or must: I’ve got a cat. (I have a cat) He has got to go. (He must go.) This is different than the standard present perfect, which uses the participle gotten. Have gotten means something like have received, have obtained, or—when it functions as a linking verb— have become: I have gotten a letter. (I have received a ...