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Thread #157667   Message #3725655
Posted By: Airymouse
23-Jul-15 - 05:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: Etiquette ref. Poor spelling
Subject: RE: BS: Etiquette ref. Poor spelling
I remember having an altercation with my English professor about this very issue. He was a good teacher and he was probably right to prefer "got" to "gotten" in the context we were discussing, probably an essay I had written and was trying to defend. I said, "Well OK from now on it's "Moon for the Misbegot", "His only begot son","While I pondered weak and weary over many a quaint and curious volume of forgot lore." Alas, I have forgot(ten) how he responded.