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Carter Lee I worked all night to project finished.That doesn't help much. That sentence includes neither 'get' or 'have to'.
Mister MicawberWhat is 'p.p.'? Past participle, present participle, prepositional phrase? At your English level, we cannot presume that you have chosen the most reasonable of those three. Do not abbreviate when starting a new thread.Carter Lee I worked all night to project finished.That doesn't help much. That sentence includes neither 'get' or 'have to'.Sorr
Carter LeeI worked all night to get project finishedI worked all night to get the project finished.
Mister Micawber Carter LeeI worked all night to get project finishedI worked all night to get the project finished.That is not the same as I had to finish the project.Thanks, I am curious the meaning of the usage about 'to get + p.p'.
Carter Leeto get + Object + p.pto cause Object to be + verbed
Carter LeeusageThe past participle is used an an adjective after get. Here get means become. Nine out of ten of these expressions are negative in meaning: get burnt, get killed, get injured, get broken, get torn, get soiled, get hurt, get stung, get cheated, get snaboutof 'to get + p.p'.
Carter Lee"~ to get ~ p.p" form.As Mr. M. said, adding the object makes it "cause" (instead of "become", which I mentioned above).