To say you've "got" something means that you have it, now. To say that you've "gotten" something means that you've obtained or received it in the past. The example given doesn't use "got/gotten" in that way, but given the continued use of the two words in American English, "had gotten lost" sounds better to my ear than "had got lost."

USAGE As past participles of get, the words got and gotten both date back to Middle English. In North American English, got and gotten are not identical in use. Gotten usually implies the process of obtaining something ( : he has gotten two tickets for the show), while got implies the state of possession or ownership ( : he hasn’t got any money).

2010年11月24日 · *I've gotten the answer. *I've gotten plenty. but uses I've got as in informal BrE. The availability of gotten does however mean that AmE can make such distinctions as the following: They've got to leave (they must leave) They've gotten to leave (they've managed to leave). From the The Cambridge Encyclopedia of English Language.

2023年7月27日 · Well, she was questioned through an interpreter, and an affidavit was gotten from her also. (Warren Commission · 1964) Did not Mr. Perkins claim that his authority to deliver these lectures and receive compensation therefor was gotten from you? (United States. Congress. Joint committee to investigate Interior dept. and Forest service. 1911)

You can definitely say "I haven't slept since Monday" to avoid the "got-gotten" problem. The other two expressions are not wrong, but readers may have different opinions on the usage, depending on what they are used to (their backgrounds).

At first glance, this might appear to be yet another instance of ‘two countries separated by a common language,’ but as it turns out, the history of the word ‘gotten’ is a lot more interesting than that. ‘Gotten’ is, in fact, an ancient English word that was in use in England at the time America was colonized by the English. Over ...

2021年3月24日 · I have gotten a letter. (I have received a letter.) He has gotten a cat. (He has obtained a cat.) They have gotten ill. (They have become ill.) With its yet, your sentence would most naturally be expressed as: I haven’t gotten a response yet. (I haven’t received a response yet.) Still, in other configurations, an argument for have got could ...

2023年8月31日 · Is gotten done correct grammar? "Gotten" is a past participle form that is more commonly used in American English. In British English, it is more common to use "got" as the ...

2015年11月16日 · 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.

2017年1月9日 · If it was a choice between got and gotten in these sentences, the right choice is gotten. However, as the other comments and answers say, Americans would not use gotten for either of these sentences; the verb been is much better. Better examples would be. She had gotten married the year before. I had gotten myself fired and was looking for work.