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We have gotten vs We have became

The correct phrase is 'we have gotten.' 'We have become' would be a more appropriate alternative to 'we have gotten' as 'became' is the past tense of 'become,' not 'get.' 'We have gotten' is commonly used in American English to indicate that something has been received or acquired.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 929 views

We have gotten

This phrase is correct and commonly used in American English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something has been received or acquired. It is the past participle of 'get.'
  • We have gotten more done in the last three hours than you and I got done in the last six months. (Chuckles)
  • And for my students and I, it's been just a phenomenal experience because we have gotten to do interesting research, while at the same time helping the many children that we have worked with.
  • We have gotten a taste of freedom, Drake.
  • We have gotten an order, so someone must have considered it.
  • We have gotten word that the NAA locker room is empty.
  • We have gotten a house, Now he belongs to the rightful owner.
  • - We have gotten "used to us."
  • No, we have gotten this far.
  • That is the fifth fruit basket we have gotten this week for representing the man who killed him.
  • How could we have gotten to this point?
  • Each student will be required to turn in their phones to teachers and retrieve at the end of the day until we have gotten to the bottom of this.
  • Because certainly we have gotten used to the propaganda that the simple is the good. But I don't believe it.
  • How could we have gotten mens rea?
  • And the point of the article was that we have gotten reductionist in our view of biology, in our view of cancer.
  • We have gotten gussied up in our most terrifying guises, as we do every year, ready to violate, annihilate, and cleanse our souls.
  • And now, just as we have gotten rid of it, some wretched halfwits to spoil everything.
  • As we have gotten more and more efficient in killing them, they have become angrier and angrier and more and more motivated to kill us.
  • We may have gotten a hit on Calaca from the hotline.
  • We would have gotten there early, seen a little of his practice.
  • We should have gotten store-bought costumes.

Alternatives:

  • we have received
  • we have acquired
  • we have obtained
  • we have gained
  • we have procured

We have became

This phrase is incorrect. 'Became' is the past tense of 'become,' not 'get.'


Alternatives:

  • we have become
  • we have turned into
  • we have transformed into
  • we have evolved into
  • we have grown into

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