If I want to tell someone that I just left the bathroom, could I use the following sentences?
1 I just got out of the bathroom
2 I have just gotten out of the bathroom
If both they are wrong, then what is the difference between 1 and 2?
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Sign up to join this communityIf I want to tell someone that I just left the bathroom, could I use the following sentences?
1 I just got out of the bathroom
2 I have just gotten out of the bathroom
If both they are wrong, then what is the difference between 1 and 2?
Short answer - the one with "gotten" is incorrect.
"Got" is the past tense of "to get", but "get" has at least two meanings - it can mean to have or receive something, but also to reach something such as a place, for example, "I got home".
"Gotten" is used when talking about the acquisition of something, for example "ill-gotten gains". It is not appropriate when talking about getting somewhere.