According to Bryan Gardner's *Dictionary of Modern American Usage*, the past participle 'gotten' predominates in AmE, whereas 'got' is used in BrE. Amanda Dill Co-Vice President, Literati East Central University Ada, OK On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Ciervo, Frank <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Note*:* Replying to a* *Listserv posting. > > *When responding to a meeting notice or transmitting an individual request > for information, please e-mail me directly at [log in to unmask]** and not > all recipients.* *Thank you.* > > --------------------------------- > Frank J. Ciervo > Director of Bar Services > 518.487-5540 (phone) > 518.487-5699 (fax) > [log in to unmask] > > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select > "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/