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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Be or get?

"By letting him get killed."
"By letting him be killed."

Are they both correct?
  

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I would prefer 'be' but I think that a native speaker would understand 'get' and, unless he were rather picky, would say it was perfectly acceptable.

  • I would prefer 'be' but I think that a native speaker would understand 'get' and, unless he were rather picky, would say it was perfectly acceptable.
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I would prefer 'be' but I think that a native speaker would understand 'get' and, unless he were rather picky, would say it was perfectly acceptable.

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