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Carter Lee Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Is this the same between '~ to get +p.p' and '~have to +p.p'?

Hi,

Is this the same between '~ to get +p.p' and '~have to +p.p'?

E.g. I worked all night to project finished.
  

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'? Past participle, present participle, prepositional phrase? At your English level, we cannot presume that you have chosen the most reasonable of those three.

  • '?
  • 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.
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What 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'.
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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'.
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Carter LeeI worked all night to get project finished
I worked all night to get the project finished.

That is not the same as I had to finish the project.
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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'.
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Carter Leeto get + Object + p.p
to cause Object to be + verbed
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Carter Leeusage about of 'to get + p.p'.
The 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 sn
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Carter Lee"~ to get ~ p.p" form.
As Mr. M. said, adding the object makes it "cause" (instead of "become", which I mentioned above).

get the faucet fixed; get the job done; get the letter written; get the car washed

CJ

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