pleasehelp  +  964849 Sun, 08 Nov 09 04:40 AM Hi,  Just give me your itinerary and i'll make sure you don't get kidnapped. What's wrong with this sentence? Thks pleasehelp Joined on Sun, Sep 20 2009 Regular Member 616 Sentences

	Yankee  +  964856 Sun, 08 Nov 09 04:52 AM pleasehelp “ Just give me your itinerary and I'll make sure you don't get kidnapped. What's wrong with this sentence? ” Your question leads me to believe that you think there is something wrong with the sentence. Why don't you first tell us what you think is wrong with it? Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,506 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Sentences, Structures

	pleasehelp  +  964859 Sun, 08 Nov 09 04:56 AM I don't think anything is wrong...but am unsure why kidnapped is in the past tense when everything else seems to be in the present tense. pleasehelp Tenses, Present Tenses, Past Tenses, Sentences, Structures

	Yankee  +  964867 Sun, 08 Nov 09 05:04 AM The word "kidnapped" is the past participle of the verb "kidnap". Saying "get kidnapped" is a sort of passive structure -- like saying "I'll make sure you are not kidnapped". The verb "get" is the word that carries the tense in that passive form. For example, if someone kidnapped you yesterday, you could say "I got kidnapped yesterday." Yankee Tenses, Sentences, Structures