Don't worry about it, Jan, I think Andrew's memory has failed him, for he
does not remember the past tense of forget. I think he must have 'forgot'
it.
Perhaps he wishes I would do the same?
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Steinman [mailto:Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 31 January 2011 17:57
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Use of verbs, was Re: olympus Digest, Vol 27, Issue 31
> From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 'Gotten'? No wonder she admonished you. No reasonable English person
would dare use such an ugly expression.
After crossing the 49th parallel, I was amazed when my spelling checker
began flagging that word...
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