got

Had a terrible time with a proofreader who changed most of my goes into gotten. Removed every one.

Thanks DaisyAnne. Still learning, I will remember that! My prinary school has a lot to answer for !!

Whatever we are aiming to use we need to get past Primary School!

Perhaps we are aiming to use the word gotten as used in the US.

Also from primary school,
We never start a sentence with 'because', because 'because' is a joining word.

Shelflife

I remember in primary school the teacher saying " we never use the word 'got' its an ugly word. We also learned that when writing to never begin a sentence with the word ' And' .

You are right that Primary School teachers did tell children not to start sentences with, as I remember it, "and, but or because" but this is not a rule if grammar but a rule if thumb, generally to stop overuse of these words. The "adult" rules are:

You may begin a sentence with and or but when it improves clarity or emphasis.

You may begin a sentence with because as long as the sentence includes an independent clause.

In formal writing, do all three deliberately and sparingly.

I remember in primary school the teacher saying " we never use the word 'got' its an ugly word. We also learned that when writing to never begin a sentence with the word ' And' .

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