Mar 20, 2017 07:07
7 yrs ago
English term

get told

Non-PRO English Social Sciences General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Entrepreneur
The people who get told “no” and refuse to acknowledge helpful feedback are grandiose dreamers, not grounded in reality. But the people who get told “no” and then take the time to listen, learn, adjust and keep moving forward possess a true gift for persistence.
Change log

Mar 20, 2017 08:04: Yasutomo Kanazawa changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): acetran

Non-PRO (3): Tony M, danya, Yasutomo Kanazawa

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Discussion

Hakki Ucar (asker) Mar 20, 2017:
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Noni Gilbert Riley Mar 20, 2017:
Passive usage As Danya rightly points out, "get told = are told". The passive structure is normally verb "to be" + past participle, but the verb "to be" can be replaced by the verb "to get". This is normally considered to be a slightly more informal usage.

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those to whom other people say "no"

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Note added at 21 mins (2017-03-20 07:28:09 GMT)
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get often serves as an auxiliary verb, get told=are told
Peer comment(s):

agree Arabic & More
7 mins
thank you
agree Tony M
10 mins
thank you
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
37 mins
agree Yvonne Gallagher
1 hr
agree Armorel Young
2 hrs
agree acetran
7 hrs
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