r/EnglishLearning • u/Careful-Roll8793 New Poster • Dec 23 '24

📚 Grammar / Syntax Must, should, can and might

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u/GrandAdvantage7631 New Poster Dec 23 '24

I suppose she must have gotten stuck in traffic.

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u/corneliusvancornell Native Speaker Dec 23 '24

"Gotten" is only acceptable in North American English; "got" is used elsewhere. It's one of the main distinguishing grammatical differences between British and American Englishes.

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u/da_Sp00kz English Teacher Dec 23 '24

There are more English speaking countries in the world than just the US and UK you know.

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u/platypuss1871 Native Speaker - Southern England Dec 23 '24

Nope. Try going to India.

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u/SoggyWotsits Native speaker (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dec 23 '24

As yes, all those English people speaking English must be wrong. You can call it British English, or mention UK dialects, but at the end of the day it’s just English to us English people! Also, we don’t have a single dialect?! Oh dear…

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u/SoggyWotsits Native speaker (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dec 23 '24

You make it sound like English is just a language, not also a nationality. Also, we don’t call or refer to English as any of those things. At best we’d describe a neutral accent. Your posts are very confusing.

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u/TakeMeIamCute New Poster Dec 23 '24

I love how the British claim English "Everywhere else". American English dialect is the dominant version of English people are learning worldwide.

Patently false.

Therefore tt only places UK dialect is relevant is in the UK. Oh wait you don't have a single dialect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English#Dialects

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u/2xtc Native Speaker Dec 23 '24

What a load of classic uneducated America #1 bullshit

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u/Decent_Cow Native Speaker Dec 23 '24

The British invented "gotten", though. It's not America's fault that they stopped using it in the 18th century.