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Milky Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
"Get to" and modality
Could this sentence be read as having either a positive or negative attitude, depending on the context?
"As a social worker, she gets to go to lots of slum areas."
Can "get to" be modal-like in any of it's uses?
"As a social worker, she gets to go to lots of slum areas."
Can "get to" be modal-like in any of it's uses?
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That particular sentence could very, very rarely be seen as positive, simply because "slum" and "slums" are seen as very negative words. When you call an area a slum area, you are not in any way praising it. Now, as far as "gets to" and "get to," this is kind of a tough area.
- That particular sentence could very, very rarely be seen as positive, simply because "slum" and "slums" are seen as very negative words.
- When you call an area a slum area, you are not in any way praising it.
- Now, as far as "gets to" and "get to," this is kind of a tough area.
- I think "gets to" is mostly positive and "has to" is mostly negative.
- "She gets to go to that area" is seen, to me, as a positive statement.
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That particular sentence could very, very rarely be seen as positive, simply because "slum" and "slums" are seen as very negative words. When you call an area a slum area, you are not in any way praising it.
Now, as far as "gets to" and "get to," this is kind of a tough area. I think "gets to" is mostly positive and "has to" is mostly negative. "She gets to go to that area" is seen, to
Now, as far as "gets to" and "get to," this is kind of a tough area. I think "gets to" is mostly positive and "has to" is mostly negative. "She gets to go to that area" is seen, to
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