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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Get told off
"I’m http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/going_1 to get http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/told off for being http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/late_1". (Macmillan Dictionary.)
Is the above sentence in the passive?
Is the above sentence in the passive?
Top answer
Yes. com/the-passive-with-get
- Yes.
- com/the-passive-with-get
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Yes.
For an explanation with examples see this: http://www.grammaring.com/the-passive-with-get
For an explanation with examples see this: http://www.grammaring.com/the-passive-with-get
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AnonymousIs the above sentence in the passive?The "get told off" part is, or rather "be told off" would be passive, and what's actually written is sometimes called the get-passive.
I'm going to is not passive, of course.
CJ
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