tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post2240885529474736390..comments2024-03-27T21:54:06.467-07:00Comments on Wordlady: This one's got me beatenKatherine Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-56781047165253093632015-06-20T14:15:50.509-07:002015-06-20T14:15:50.509-07:00I'm with you on this. "Has beat" sou...I'm with you on this. "Has beat" sounds very non-standard to me (I always hesitate to say "wrong").<br /><br />- Mark Jones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-44914726600901093262015-06-19T13:14:25.289-07:002015-06-19T13:14:25.289-07:00Why, I'd call that jalopy a beater.Why, I'd call that jalopy a beater.Moira Dunphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02360424588168804893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-56729104393046017712015-06-19T08:31:08.985-07:002015-06-19T08:31:08.985-07:00"gotten" is a different story. It was th..."gotten" is a different story. It was the older past participle that was gradually replaced in Britain by "got". In Old English "beaten" was the past participle.Katherine Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-86569036270036833762015-06-19T07:30:03.011-07:002015-06-19T07:30:03.011-07:00Does more frequent "beaten" correspond w...Does more frequent "beaten" correspond with more frequent "gotten" in North American English? (if you haven't gotten tired of the subject). I guess everyone still uses "got" for simple possession - "she's got blue eyes" (unless they're tinted contacts, in which case I guess she could have gotten blue eyes...)<br /><br />Thanks! That was fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-87539601137467687282015-06-19T07:01:00.786-07:002015-06-19T07:01:00.786-07:00Interesting. My reaction would have been the same ...Interesting. My reaction would have been the same as yours.<br /><br />However, I don't really like either in this context. "Beating out" someone is fine for a direct competition (sports being an obvious example), but it grates on me a bit for other than a competition in which each competitor can influence the outcome directly.<br /><br />Just to be difficult, you understand ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com