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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

For ice cream,
1. It's getting melt.
2. It's getting melting.

Which is correct?
  

Top answer

Those are both wrong. ", in the sense you seem to be trying to use it, is followed by an adjective. "It's getting molten" is grammatical but not natural, at least not in the case of ice-cream.

— GPY

  • Those are both wrong.
  • ", in the sense you seem to be trying to use it, is followed by an adjective.
  • "It's getting molten" is grammatical but not natural, at least not in the case of ice-cream.
  • You can say "It's melting" or "It's starting to melt".
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Those are both wrong. "It's getting ...", in the sense you seem to be trying to use it, is followed by an adjective. "It's getting molten" is grammatical but not natural, at least not in the case of ice-cream. You can say "It's melting" or "It's starting to melt".
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Thanks GPY,

How about it's getting melted?
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onizoThanks GPY,How about it's getting melted?
It's not great English, at least not for this context.
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Very informally, someone (especially a child) might say "It's getting melty."
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GPY onizoThanks GPY,How about it's getting melted?It's not great English, at least not for this context.
Then, when would you use this sentence?
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onizoThen, when would you use this sentence?
People don't. It's clumsy and not good English. The suggestions in the first answer are much better.
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It's melting. My ice cream is starting to melt.
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onizo GPY onizoThanks GPY,How about it's getting melted?It's not great English, at least not for this context.Then, when would you use this sentence?
This pattern might be more feasible when talking about something that is planned to be melted deliberately.

— What's going to happen to these gold coins?
—They're all getting melted (down).
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