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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Change or get changed

Hi

I read this sentence in a (Macmillan) Dictionary in the entry of weary.

They collapsed on to their beds, too weary to get changed.

Shouldn't it be 'too weary to change'?

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

'Get changed' meaning to change clothes is normal. Otherwise you would probably say 'too weary to change out of their clothes'.

— Vic Z

  • 'Get changed' meaning to change clothes is normal.
  • Otherwise you would probably say 'too weary to change out of their clothes'.
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'Get changed' meaning to change clothes is normal. Otherwise you would probably say 'too weary to change out of their clothes'.
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Mr. TomShouldn't it be 'too weary to change'?
Just "change" can be confused with a change of character or habits. "get changed" is less ambiguously about changing clothes.

— Now that you're retired, you don't have to get up for work anymore. Why don't you sleep longer and get up later?
— It's a habit that I can't break. I'm too o
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