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Ljswave Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Would you explain about what differences they have ?
#1. He was mad.
#2 He got mad.
I think #1 means to emphasize his state crazy in the past.
#2 means when he got , He became crazy temporally
and he return to normal after the time goes by.
#2 He got mad.
I think #1 means to emphasize his state crazy in the past.
#2 means when he got , He became crazy temporally
and he return to normal after the time goes by.
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In American English 'mad' is usually taken as 'angry'. He got mad. = He became mad.
- In American English 'mad' is usually taken as 'angry'.
- He got mad.
- = He became mad.
- (He got angry.
- ) He was not mad, and then he was mad.
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In American English 'mad' is usually taken as 'angry'.
He got mad. = He became mad. (He got angry. = He became angry.)
He was not mad, and then he was mad.
Before he got mad, he was not mad.
After he got mad, he was mad.
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In British English 'mad' is usually taken as 'crazy'.
In that case, I don't think there is a case of "He got mad"
He got mad. = He became mad. (He got angry. = He became angry.)
He was not mad, and then he was mad.
Before he got mad, he was not mad.
After he got mad, he was mad.
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In British English 'mad' is usually taken as 'crazy'.
In that case, I don't think there is a case of "He got mad"
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?In that case, I don't think there is a case of "He got mad". I believe the expression is "He went mad". ??????
I can't see this part means.
Do you mean
that He got mad ? He went mad???
I can't see this part means.
Do you mean
that He got mad ? He went mad???
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ljswaveI can't see what this part means.He got mad = He became angry. (American)
He went mad = He became crazy. (British)
ljswaveHe got mad ? He went mad?Correct. They are not the same. They are found in different varieties of English.
(Nevertheless, an American speaker
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