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SSY Jung Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

get tired/be tired

Dear

"They had gotten tired before they finished the work."

can I change the sentence above like below?

"They had been tired before they finished the work."

Thanks in advance.
  

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" C an I change the sentence above as shown like below? " ____________ Not unless you want to change the meaning. to get tired is to change (usually gradually) from not being tired to being tired.

— CalifJim

  • " C an I change the sentence above as shown like below?
  • " ____________ Not unless you want to change the meaning.
  • to get tired is to change (usually gradually) from not being tired to being tired.
  • to be tired is to be tired already, not to change from not being tired to being tired.
  • CJ
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Dear

"They had gotten tired before they finished the work."

Can I change the sentence above as shown like below?

"They had been tired before t
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