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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Go through VS. Get through
I do not know how to get through this hot summer. VS. I do not know how to go through this hot summer.
It seems like there is not much difference in meaning and usage between them but I am not sure if native English speakers distinguish in using them. What do you think? Thank you so much and take good care.
It seems like there is not much difference in meaning and usage between them but I am not sure if native English speakers distinguish in using them. What do you think? Thank you so much and take good care.
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I, a speaker of BrE, would use only 'get through' in that sentence.
- I, a speaker of BrE, would use only 'get through' in that sentence.
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I, a speaker of BrE, would use only 'get through' in that sentence.
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And I, a speaker of AmE, say, "Me, too."
"I do not know how to go through this hot summer" is not a possible utterance. We "get through" a difficult time when we manage to survive somehow. We "go through" a difficult time when we simply exist during it, and we cannot not know how to do that.
"I do not know how to go through this hot summer" is not a possible utterance. We "get through" a difficult time when we manage to survive somehow. We "go through" a difficult time when we simply exist during it, and we cannot not know how to do that.
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