I tell them English teachers don't approve of it.  I'm not sure that
makes it wrong, exactly.

 

Janet

 

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brad Johnston
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:17 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: query on the use of the word got

 

--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Castilleja, Janet <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

 

I tell my students that 'got' is the illegitimate child of the helping
verb family.

 

You go on to explain that they should not use it when writing Standard
English, don't you?

 

You tell 'em, "My dog was killed by the car", when they write about it,
don't you? Sure you do. There IS something that can be done about it.
'Tain't hopelus uh'tall, even in Chicago.

 

 

From: Castilleja, Janet <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: query on the use of the word got
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 5:42 PM

	I am unclear on why you think this is ungrammatical.  It seems
acceptable to me. What is bothering you about it?  I know a lot of
people complain when 'got' is used as an auxiliary:  'My dog got killed
by the car.'  This usage seems to be so much a part of the language that
I doubt anything can be done about it.  I tell my students that 'got' is
the illegitimate child of the helping verb family.

	 

	Janet

 

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ciervo , Frank
Sent: Tuesday , March 24 , 2009 6:20 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: query on the use of the word got

 

Isn't this a good example of very poor usage? Unless my memory is very
bad , it would have been cause for points off in my freshmen composition
class. A sad commentary on the state of news writing in 2009

 

But Farley noted that bill sponsor Assemblyman Peter Abbate Jr. ,
D-Brooklyn, hasn't yet gotten a Democrat to introduce the bill in the
Senate. The Democrats won control of the Senate this year.

 


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