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I was taught around the age of 10 to always avoid the word "got". I was told that it's always possible to rephrase a sentence so as to not use it. I followed this advice fairly unthinkingly, but no...
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System
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2019-12-08T05:53:31Z (over 4 years ago)
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Ben Parsons
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2019-12-08T05:53:31Z (over 4 years ago)
I was taught around the age of 10 to always avoid the word "got". I was told that it's always possible to rephrase a sentence so as to not use it. I followed this advice fairly unthinkingly, but now that I come to look at it, this isn't so universal. I still think it's an ugly word and avoid it where I can, but is this a correct way to think? Is there any consensus on the word "got"?
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2017-01-06T15:08:01Z (over 7 years ago)
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