That is the closest thing you have done to damage since I've got here.

[99bottles]

That is the closest thing you have done to damage since I've got here.

I found the sentence above in the video below (2.48). The since I've got part sounded strange to me. Shouldn't it be since I got? Have I understood something wrong regarding basic grammar rules?

 

[jutfrank]

Firstly, he says ... since I've gotten here.

Secondly, what he says is wrong. You're right—it should be since I got here, or since I've been here.

 

[99bottles]

Firstly, he says ... since I've gotten here.

Secondly, what he says is wrong. You're right—it should be since I got here, or since I've been here.

Why is since I've been here correct?

 

[Skrej]

I don't have any qualms with 'since I've gotten here' or 'since I've got here'.

'Got' is a common 2nd alternative for the past participle 'gotten'.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't have any qualms with 'since I've gotten here' or 'since I've got here'.

'Got' is a common 2nd alternative for the past participle 'gotten'.

I don't think the issue is the use of "got" vs "gotten". It's the use of the present perfect after "since".

 

[Rover_KE]

'Got' is a common 2nd alternative for the past participle 'gotten'.

'Gotten' is rarely used by speakers of British English.

 

[jutfrank]

Why is since I've been here correct?

You can use the present perfect after since with stative verbs.

 

[99bottles]

You can use the present perfect after since with stative verbs.

Can you also use the simple past with stative verbs, or is it wrong?

 

[5jj]

Yes. I have lived here since I was a boy.