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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

To get over

Is this sentence correct:



"With so many guests, the cake got over very quickly."



Note: By 'got over', I mean that there was no more cake after a while.

  

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Is this sentence correct: No. get over is an idiom that has a completely different meaning Say it another way. Here are a few idiomatic expressions that work in this conttext.

  • Is this sentence correct: No.
  • get over is an idiom that has a completely different meaning Say it another way.
  • Here are a few idiomatic expressions that work in this conttext.
  • eg With so many guests, the cake went very quickly.
  • eg With so many guests, the cake didn't last long.
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Is this sentence correct: No. get over is an idiom that has a completely different meaning


Say it another way. Here are a few idiomatic expressions that work in this conttext.

eg With so many guests, the cake went very quickly.

eg With so many guests, the cake didn't last long.

Clive

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