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From: adam@irvine.com (Adam Beneschan)
Subject: Re: Language Choice and Coding style
Date: 1996/06/24
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john@assen.demon.co.uk (John McCabe) writes:
>
>But then again, why do some people think "gotten" is part of the
>English language:-)

My _Webster's Ninth New Collegiate_ dictionary lists both "got" and
"gotten" as acceptable past participles of "get." 

Of course, this dictionary is an American product, so it's possible
that the language of this dictionary is really some mutant language
bearing a vague resemblance to English . . .

                                -- Adam