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Messier42 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Getting your heart broken?
What your mom is worried about is you getting your heart broken.
"Getting your heart broken"?
Could you please explain what types of grammar are used and how they mean?
"Getting your heart broken"?
Could you please explain what types of grammar are used and how they mean?
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Have one's car repaired Need one's hair cut. See one's car stolen Like one's room cleaned Hear one's window broken These are common forms of verb complementation with '-ed' participles . I think the meanings are straightforward: just put the meaning of the two verbs together.
- Have one's car repaired Need one's hair cut.
- See one's car stolen Like one's room cleaned Hear one's window broken These are common forms of verb complementation with '-ed' participles .
- I think the meanings are straightforward: just put the meaning of the two verbs together.
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Have one's car repaired
Need one's hair cut.
See one's car stolen
Like one's room cleaned
Hear one's window broken
These are common forms of verb complementation with '-ed' participles. I think the meanings are straightforward: just put the meaning of the two verbs together.
Need one's hair cut.
See one's car stolen
Like one's room cleaned
Hear one's window broken
These are common forms of verb complementation with '-ed' participles. I think the meanings are straightforward: just put the meaning of the two verbs together.
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