hindrance-get

   Share on Facebook  
milky  #272716  Tue, 26 Sep 06 09:51 PM

1. Am I thinking in the right direction here?

Hindrance use of "get"":

He couldn't get his key in the door.

2. Is get is good in a context where the arm-lifting is difficult, for instance if the subject is injured or holding a heavy object?

Eventually, he raised/lifted/got his arm up.

3. Can these imply hindrance?

He got bomb into the building.

She got me to the station on time.

  
Top 50 Contributor
Joined on Thu, Jan 15 2004
Senior Member (3,149)
Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".
AddThis Feed Button RSS Feed: ESL Linguistics Discussion Forum
© 2008 MediaCET Ltd.
Terms and Conditions & Terms of Service