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This is the context I'm most concerned with:

"He fixed the fence where Jack had got/gotten out."

What should it be?

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Now I get
Yesterday I got
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Hi,

This is the context I'm most concerned with:

"He fixed the fence where Jack had got/gotten out."

What should it be?

Thanks!
get S1 W1 past tense got, past participle got British English, gotten American English present participle getting
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