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I came across the following passage:

In August that year, Baleson wrote to his friend Francis Galton: “I am writing to ask you to look up the paper of Mendl [sic] [which] seems to me one of the most remarkable investigations yet made on heredity and it is extraordinary that it should have got forgotten.”

I attempted to interpret it by myself but the conclusion that i draw contradicts with itself. I consulted to many teachers. Most of them say that, it denotes that it is surprise people didn't remember and i should replace got with "been". Others says that, the mentioned information is now being remembered

it is extraordinary that it should have got forgotten

From this image:

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Chaim
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Jake
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    It's an error. No biggie. – Hot Licks Dec 12 '19 at 03:33
  • Sir could you be more spesific? Thanks in advance – Jake Dec 12 '19 at 03:35
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    Please edit your question to type out the sentence with its surrounding context (an image file is not an acceptable replacement for this) and also include the title of the source and a link to the source. Second, it is not an error, it is the use of the so-called "get passive," where "should have got forgotten" is equal to "should have been forgotten" or perhaps "should have become forgotten". – Arm the good guys in America Dec 12 '19 at 04:07
  • It's from the book called" The gene and the intimate history". For its my first time here, i dont knkw exactly how to use this – Jake Dec 12 '19 at 04:11
  • Please edit your question to type out the sentence with its surrounding context (an image file is not an acceptable replacement for this)
    • – Arm the good guys in America Dec 12 '19 at 04:23
  • This might be an archaic usage, it's not correct now. – Barmar Dec 12 '19 at 04:24
  • @Barmar Depending in context, it’s not archaic. Luggage gets forgotten from time to time, for example. – Lawrence Dec 12 '19 at 04:38
  • @Lawrence After "should have", shouldn't it be "gotten"? – Barmar Dec 12 '19 at 04:39
  • @Barmar English can be surprising. Both got and gotten sound awkward in the snippet, but perhaps an appropriate context would change that. The OP needs a complete sentence in the quote. – Lawrence Dec 12 '19 at 07:55
  • @Lawrence He originally posted a screenshot of the entire paragraph. Someone edited it out. – Barmar Dec 12 '19 at 07:56
  • There was an error. It might be a missing "been", or it could be any of a handful of other slip-ups or brain farts. Impossible to be more precise than that. – Hot Licks Dec 12 '19 at 12:51
  • @HotLicks No, it’s merely a get-passive not a be-passive. – tchrist Dec 12 '19 at 23:30