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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
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Become exhausted

The body’s reserves of protein rapidly become exhausted in severely ill patients, especially during chronic illness or in those with severe burns, extensive trauma, pancreatitis, or intestinal fistula.
https://bnf.nice.org.uk/treatment-summary/enteral-nutrition.html
Please explain the use of "become" in "become exhausted". If we remove "become", would the sentence be ungrammatical ?
  

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Jigneshbharati Please explain the use of "become" in "become exhausted". g. "He became angry" OK?

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  • Jigneshbharati Please explain the use of "become" in "become exhausted".
  • g.
  • "He became angry" OK?
  • e.
  • "exhausted" is the state that arises.
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JigneshbharatiPlease explain the use of "become" in "become exhausted".

Do you understand e.g. "He became angry" OK? This is essentially the same, i.e. "exhausted" is the state that arises.

Jigneshbharati If we remove "become", would the sentence be ungrammatical ?

If you remove "become" then "exhausted" would have

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