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Lagataw Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Are the following sentences okay?
I got my house damaged in the storm.
I had my house damaged in the storm.
I normally would just use the syntax I got/had A + V-pp when I can control the situation or if in some way I am responsible for the event.
e.g.
I got my wallet stolen.
I had my arm broken.
In the first two sentences. I can't control the storm so I wouldn't use got/had A + V-pp.
Do native speakers normally express those concepts that way?
I had my house damaged in the storm.
I normally would just use the syntax I got/had A + V-pp when I can control the situation or if in some way I am responsible for the event.
e.g.
I got my wallet stolen.
I had my arm broken.
In the first two sentences. I can't control the storm so I wouldn't use got/had A + V-pp.
Do native speakers normally express those concepts that way?
Top answer
My house was damaged in/by the storm. -- possible I normally would just use the syntax I got/had A + V-pp when I can control the situation or if in some way I am responsible for the event. g.
- My house was damaged in/by the storm.
- -- possible I normally would just use the syntax I got/had A + V-pp when I can control the situation or if in some way I am responsible for the event.
- g.
- - - Not likely .
- My wallet was stolen .
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My house was damaged in/by the storm.
I had my house damaged by the storm.-- possible
I normally would just use the syntax I got/had A + V-pp when I can control the situation or if in some way I am responsible for the event.
e.g.
I got my wallet stolen.-- Not likely. My wallet was stolen.
I had my house damaged by the storm.-- possible
I normally would just use the syntax I got/had A + V-pp when I can control the situation or if in some way I am responsible for the event.
e.g.
I got my wallet stolen.-- Not likely. My wallet was stolen.
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