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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

'are' can be replaced by 'get'

Is there a better one? May 'ashamed' be used like this?

You get ashamed very easily.
You are ashamed very easily.

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You are ashamed very easily. No. Both versions don't make much idiomatic sense .

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  • You are ashamed very easily.
  • No.
  • Both versions don't make much idiomatic sense .
  • "Ashamed" is used with any form of "be" verb, but not "get".
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AnonymousYou get ashamed very easily.You are ashamed very easily.
No. Both versions don't make much idiomatic sense . "Ashamed" is used with any form of "be" verb, but not "get". i.e. You should be ashamed of yourself....". You may say " she feels ashamed of her past "
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