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Have McKinsey and its consulting rivals got too big?

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167 points godelmachine | 5 comments | 19 Oct 24 14:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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robertoandred ◴[19 Oct 24 16:17 UTC] No.41888685[source]▶
Gotten*

C'mon, The Economist

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1. js2 ◴[19 Oct 24 16:18 UTC] No.41888705[source]▶
Pretty sure it's a US/UK thing.
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2. seabass-labrax ◴[19 Oct 24 17:32 UTC] No.41889185[source]▶
Historically speaking, it's common to both UK and US English because it predates the European colonization of America:

http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/gotten.htm

Personally, for a situation like this I'd use the somewhat more formal 'become' instead!

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3. lysace ◴[19 Oct 24 19:17 UTC] No.41889967[source]▶
Agreed. "got" is more informal and less universal across variants of the English language than "become". Bad editing.
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4. graemep ◴[19 Oct 24 19:48 UTC] No.41890228{3}[source]▶
Given "got" is used in both British and American English and "gotten" is used only in American English (I do not think it is used in other variants either) I do not agree about "universal"
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5. lysace ◴[19 Oct 24 19:57 UTC] No.41890299{4}[source]▶
I meant to agree that "become" should have been used instead.