> Ah well, this is what makes the world go round - variety. Everyone
> has his own p.o.v. *Mine* is that "gotten" is the worst
> word going. It depends where you are from I suppose. Americans use
> "gotten" and can 'get' away with it. I am not American.
> I would "correct" your example sentence below with:
> "They should have *hired* a better teacher".
> I don't really see how the first sentence is bad and the second one
> isn't.

I agree hired is a better word choice. The reason he's got is bad is because he's means he has and calls for the past perfect (gotten, rather than got), but the second one does call for the past perfect,too, and gotten is the past perfect.

I guess my argument is with the idea that there is such as ONE correct choice. Many times there are at least two. :)