I get often confused with the verb to get in the past tenses. I see gotten, got, etc. Could someone kindly clarify with some few examples?
Shall I say:
I have got
or
I have gotten
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João, if the linked duplicate does not answer your question, please edit it and we can nominate yours for re-opening. The short story is that have got is the dominant form outside North America, but within North America there is a distinction in sense between have got indicating simple possession and have gotten indicating having received something. No one would therefore ever say “I have gotten one thing to tell you”: that one has to be have got*. – tchrist Aug 06 '17 at 12:37
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It does solve, thank you. I previously did a search though I didn't find it. – João Pimentel Ferreira Aug 06 '17 at 13:08