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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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make it back vs get it back

0<war child>I lost my child. There's no way to make it back/get it back.02br
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00Are both choices correct?02br
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0 Hi,02br 00<war child>I lost my child. 02br 02br 00I lost my child. 02br 02br 00Clive02br 02br 00 0-

  • 0 Hi,02br 00<war child>I lost my child.
  • 02br 02br 00I lost my child.
  • 02br 02br 00Clive02br 02br 00 0-
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0 Hi,02br
00<war child>I lost my child. There's no way to 01del00make it back/02del00get it back.02br
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00Are both choices correct?02br
00Parents don't refer to their child as 'it'.02br
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00I lost my child. There's no way to get her back.02br
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00Clive02br
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0Oh no...Sorry for the mistake.02br
00I should be02br
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00I lost my childhood. There's no way to make it back/ get it back0-
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0It's still "get it back."0-
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0 Thanks, GG and Clive. 0-
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0 also, bring it back; restore/recover it. 0-
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0Come to think of it, I have no idea when to use "make it back". What's the meaning of "make it back"? Return?0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10 What's the meaning of "make it back"? Return? 12blockquote
10Yes. It also carries the implication that there was some small or large difficulty in returning.02br
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01i00I don't know when I'll be able to make it back.02br
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0Thank you, Avangi for the great examples. Now, I'm confused why "get it back" goes with "childhood". You said it means recover or restore. But in this context, the person's childhood is in the past, therefore, there's no way he can recover or restore it. Could you help me make sense of it?02br
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0 Most of us dream at one time or another of going back to our childhood or finding the "fountain of youth." Wasn't it you who said, "It's gone. I can't get it back."? There's nothing illogical about wishing for the impossible, or lamenting that we can't go back in time. (Maybe I misunderstood your question.)02br
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0You're right. I got myself confused. Sorry.0-

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