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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Get to go

It seems "get to go" is a very common expression but I can't find it in any dictionary. Could you please explain it to me with few examples?
  

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I'll need it in a sentence first; it has many permutations. For instance: Get that to go, will you? Do I get to go with you?

— Mister Micawber

  • I'll need it in a sentence first; it has many permutations.
  • For instance: Get that to go, will you?
  • Do I get to go with you?
  • I beat him from the get go.
  • Let's get going.
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I'll need it in a sentence first; it has many permutations. For instance:

Get that to go, will you?
Do I get to go with you?
I beat him from the get go.
Let's get going.
etc
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Thank you Mister Micawber. I will try to gradually get familiar with this expression.

But In this context :

I am a member of Surrey Cricket Club so you get to go the Oval everytime England play. Spent all 4 days when we won the Ashes there.

Could you please tell me what "you get to go" means here?

I guess it means "Since I'm a member of Surrey Club,
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That's right: 'have permission/opportunity to go'.
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The Oval is the ground where Surrey (and sometimes England) play cricket
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"(not) to get to" followed by a verb almost always means "(not) to have the opportunity, privilege, luxury, honor, pleasure, satisfaction, choice, or permission" (of doing something, whatever the following verb means).

To get to do something is almost always an occasion for pride and satisfaction.
Not to get to do something is almost always an occasion for regret or
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what about the "get to" in this text

"do I get to see you before Monday?"

Thank you in advance for the response.
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What about "get to" in this text

"Do I get to see you before Monday?"

Thank you in advance for the response
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I have a good student-oriented French/English dictionary, and the section for the word get fills almost an entire page. The word is used in so many entirely different situations that it is difficult to see any similarity in the corresponding item in most foreign languages.
get up - rise in the morning
get a gift - receive [ also buy one for someone else ]
get angry - become
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Banyu BeningWhat about "get to" in this text"Do I get to see you before Monday?"
It means something like this:

Will I have an opportunity to see you before Monday, as I hope to do?

CJ
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Then how about this in this conversation.

A) This is your dining room.

B) Yeah, that chandelier has got to go.

A) you don't like it?

B) Not at all.

C) It definitely has to go.


Thank you in advance

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