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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Doesn't get to determine

"The existence of dark energy means that the amount of stuff in the universe doesn't get to determine its ultimate fate." (BBC website.)

How to exactly interpret the catenative "get + to - infinitive" in the above sentence?
  

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Anonymous How to exactly interpret the catenative "get + to - infinitive" [does not have / is not given] the privilege of determining [does not have / is not given] the authority to determine CJ

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous How to exactly interpret the catenative "get + to - infinitive" [does not have / is not given] the privilege of determining [does not have / is not given] the authority to determine CJ
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AnonymousHow to exactly interpret the catenative "get + to - infinitive"
[does not have / is not given] the privilege of determining
[does not have / is not given] the authority to determine

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CalifJim[does not have / is not given] the privilege of determining[does not have / is not given] the authority to determine
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