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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

What is the meaning of first get in this sentence?

I do not get how you got the answer.
  

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"Arrive at" is one of the many meanings of "get", a word that I avoid whenever possible in serious writing.

— Philip

  • "Arrive at" is one of the many meanings of "get", a word that I avoid whenever possible in serious writing.
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"Arrive at" is one of the many meanings of "get", a word that I avoid whenever possible in serious writing.
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Hi

I do not get = I do not understand/follow/see
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get = understand; get = produce; come up with

I don't understand how you came up with the answer.

Someone tells a joke. You don't see what's funny. You say, "I don't get it".

CJ

There are lots of meanings for get:

I don't get why they don't get the dog out of there. It gets to digging in everyone's gardens. They get complaints about it all t
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