Hi everyone!
I have difficulties in using “got” and “gotten” Does anybody can clear up usage of them?
Here is an example:
…so that he can know how all results gotten (or got?) in the program come.
If we want to use verb “get” in participle form, shall we use gotten / got in this case?
“gotten” is chiefly American English past participle of “get”. Standard British English uses “got” as the past partictiple. Both use “got” as the past tense.
Your example is not correct English (in either style), and I am not very clear what you are intending to say. You may mean something like “…so that he can know how the results of the program turned out.”
I meant that somone can know how the software program can produce the results. Is that what you mean by saying the results turned out?
Thank you for reply!
Not exactly. In that case you could possibly say “…so that he can know/discover/learn/find out where all the results produced the program come from.” This would usually be asking about the program’s internal workings and/or its data sources.
“can know” is not a massively common combination, and it may be that one of the other alternatives is a better fit.
Thanks for such clear and laconic answer to my question!