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Hafes Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Get Out
Assume that a director was attending a meeting, and a pitcher was in a baseball game in some inning:
1 "The director got out of the meeting. (work)"
2 "The pitcher got out of the inning. (baseball)"
For sentence 1, does it mean that the director completed the attendance of the meeting, or left the meeting before the end of the meeting? For sentence 2, does it mean that he completed the inning, or left before the end of the inning? It seems that when somebody 'gets out of' something, that something may or may not be finished.
1 "The director got out of the meeting. (work)"
2 "The pitcher got out of the inning. (baseball)"
For sentence 1, does it mean that the director completed the attendance of the meeting, or left the meeting before the end of the meeting? For sentence 2, does it mean that he completed the inning, or left before the end of the inning? It seems that when somebody 'gets out of' something, that something may or may not be finished.
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1 "The director got out of the meeting. (work)" This sentence is not detailed enough for a full explanation. The director got out of going to the meeting by pretending to be sick.
- 1 "The director got out of the meeting.
- (work)" This sentence is not detailed enough for a full explanation.
- The director got out of going to the meeting by pretending to be sick.
- ) The director got out of the meeting more understanding than we expected.
- ) The director got out of them a little earlier than the rest of us.
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1 "The director got out of the meeting. (work)" This sentence is not detailed enough for a full explanation.
The director got out of going to the meeting by pretending to be sick. (Didn't attend at all.)
The director got out of the meeting more understanding than we expected. (He extracted understanding of the information.)
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The director got out of going to the meeting by pretending to be sick. (Didn't attend at all.)
The director got out of the meeting more understanding than we expected. (He extracted understanding of the information.)
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nagariya2 "The pitcher got out of the inning. (baseball)"I don't think this is correct, because the only thing I can think of is, The pitcher got out of pitching the inning. (Didn't pitch at all.)Don't post if you don't know. I can tell you that because I've done it myself.
A pitcher in baseball is said to have gotten out of an inning when he has con
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