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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
get beaten up
"I got beaten up."
I guess that 'myself' has been omitted in this sentence.
Let's take a look at "I got my purse stolen.".
In this example, 'my purse' was stolen. And 'I' became the victim of that.
Similarly, in the first example, 'I' was beaten up." And 'I' became the victim of that.
Thinking this way, we can conclude that "myself" has been omitted,
though it may still exist in the deep structure of the sentence.
I guess that 'myself' has been omitted in this sentence.
Let's take a look at "I got my purse stolen.".
In this example, 'my purse' was stolen. And 'I' became the victim of that.
Similarly, in the first example, 'I' was beaten up." And 'I' became the victim of that.
Thinking this way, we can conclude that "myself" has been omitted,
though it may still exist in the deep structure of the sentence.
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So, what's your question? 1. I got myself beaten up 2.
- So, what's your question?
- 1.
- I got myself beaten up 2.
- I got my purse stolen Note, that "the purse" of the second sentence corresponds to "myself" of the first, so even if you want to treat these sentences your way, I'll only agree that "myself" is omitted only in your first sentence.
- But I don't see a reason to analyze such structures as you do.
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So, what's your question?
1. I got myself beaten up
2. I got my purse stolen
Note, that "the purse" of the second sentence corresponds to "myself" of the first, so even if you want to treat these sentences your way, I'll only agree that "myself" is omitted only in your first sentence.
But I don't see a reason to analyze such structures as you do. I rather treat the
1. I got myself beaten up
2. I got my purse stolen
Note, that "the purse" of the second sentence corresponds to "myself" of the first, so even if you want to treat these sentences your way, I'll only agree that "myself" is omitted only in your first sentence.
But I don't see a reason to analyze such structures as you do. I rather treat the
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Hi,
Here's how I see the difference.
I got myself beaten up. The use of the reflexive pronoun suggests that I was responsible for the action in some way. eg I got myself beaten up, because I made a lot of extremely offensive remarks to two very big and very drunk men in a bar.
I got beaten up. This does not suggest that it was my fault. It me
Here's how I see the difference.
I got myself beaten up. The use of the reflexive pronoun suggests that I was responsible for the action in some way. eg I got myself beaten up, because I made a lot of extremely offensive remarks to two very big and very drunk men in a bar.
I got beaten up. This does not suggest that it was my fault. It me
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I missed this.
Correlating it with my above thoughts:
"I got myself beaten up" is structurally equivalent to "I got my car washed".
So we can say that "I" is the subject and the actuator in both cases. If no object is specified, "get" starts to work like a passive verb, ascrbing the action to an external force.
Sounds like an excerpt from one of those brain-bre
Correlating it with my above thoughts:
"I got myself beaten up" is structurally equivalent to "I got my car washed".
So we can say that "I" is the subject and the actuator in both cases. If no object is specified, "get" starts to work like a passive verb, ascrbing the action to an external force.
Sounds like an excerpt from one of those brain-bre
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