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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

get something...

for example take work as a verb here:

to get it working

to get it work

differences please and meaning
  

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Hi, for example take work as a verb here: to get it working OK. Tom tried to get the toaster working. Tom couldn't get the toaster working.

— Clive

  • Hi, for example take work as a verb here: to get it working OK.
  • Tom tried to get the toaster working.
  • Tom couldn't get the toaster working.
  • to get it work No, you can't say this.
  • You could say to get it to work.
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Hi,

for example take work as a verb here:

to get it working OK. Tom tried to get the toaster working. Tom couldn't get the toaster working.

to get it work No, you can't say this. You could say to get it to work.

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Hi again,

to get it working ''Working' here is being used as an adjective. It's like saying 'I got it ready'.

to get it work It's interesting that you googled this and got all those hits. I looked at some of them, although not all 67,600 of them!

Here's my opinion. People that write or say this do not have a goo
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hey, -- to get it to work == to make it work ?
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