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Grammar police 😀 can you please check this?!

18 replies

Longingforthesummer · 18/09/2023 13:04

Is it:

A. Mondays have just got better
B. Monday's have just got better

Also - Is it got or gotten?

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koaladumpling · 18/09/2023 13:06

A
And "gotten" 😱😱😱😱😱😱

BlueChampagne · 18/09/2023 13:07

A. Mondays as a plural, rather Monday's (possessive, eg Monday's child etc). I would go with got not gotten (UK based).

Scampuss · 18/09/2023 13:07

A

I like 'gotten' but it sends many into a rage so is probably best avoided.

Thegreatestoftheseislove · 18/09/2023 13:08

Longingforthesummer · 18/09/2023 13:04

Is it:

A. Mondays have just got better
B. Monday's have just got better

Also - Is it got or gotten?

Neither are great. The apostrophe in B. is not needed. "Mondays have just improved"

isurvived3under2 · 18/09/2023 13:08

@koaladumpling it's not gotten unless you're American or possibly Irish.

Legomania · 18/09/2023 13:08

A - though US style would be 'Mondays just got better'

Gotten is US but used in a different tense (you'd need to google the specifics)

Thegreatestoftheseislove · 18/09/2023 13:10

Legomania · 18/09/2023 13:08

A - though US style would be 'Mondays just got better'

Gotten is US but used in a different tense (you'd need to google the specifics)

In which case you need the apostrophe, as in full, it would be "Monday has"

MrsMoastyToasty · 18/09/2023 13:10

A. Mondays.

Gotten is American English. Got is UK English.

Legomania · 18/09/2023 13:12

Thegreatestoftheseislove · 18/09/2023 13:10

In which case you need the apostrophe, as in full, it would be "Monday has"

I'm pretty sure op meant Mondays as in plural Mondays, as she used 'have'

As in 'every forthcoming Monday'

Longingforthesummer · 18/09/2023 13:15

UPDATE
Yes meant every Monday

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S910441 · 18/09/2023 13:16

A, and if you were in a language class I would want to know why you think there should be an apostrophe in "Monday's".

I think lost British English-speakers would say "got".

Longingforthesummer · 18/09/2023 14:02

@S910441 language class??? It's wide water swimming :)

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Longingforthesummer · 18/09/2023 14:03

*wild

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S910441 · 18/09/2023 15:17

Ok, forget the language class comment - that was obviously inadvertently confusing. What do you think the apostrophe would mean if it were correct? What would be its syntactical role in the sentence?

TotalOverhaul · 18/09/2023 15:23

No apostrophe in Mondays. It's a plural not a possessive or a contraction.

Gotten is US as others have said. Though there is a case for using it as US English is more common now in UK. My UK son would say gotten.

'Mondays just got better' sounds good.

isthismylifenow · 18/09/2023 15:25

Mondays have now become better.

I'm not in the UK though. 'Got' does not seem right in this sentence.

S910441 · 18/09/2023 19:39

isthismylifenow · 18/09/2023 15:25

Mondays have now become better.

I'm not in the UK though. 'Got' does not seem right in this sentence.

Depends on the style of writing. If it's for a formal document then I agree, but if it's meant to be a snappy advertising slogan or just a note to a friend then "Mondays have now become better" sounds a bit stuffy/stilted.

TrailingLoellia · 18/09/2023 19:44

S910441 · 18/09/2023 15:17

Ok, forget the language class comment - that was obviously inadvertently confusing. What do you think the apostrophe would mean if it were correct? What would be its syntactical role in the sentence?

“Monday’s got better” would be correct if you meant “Monday has got better” in the singular, as in if talking about today… the ‘s can be a contraction of has.

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