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Re: he was run over/he got run over
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David Kehe <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:15:56 -0800
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Scott, 
I agree with Janet calling "got" a helping verb.  I tell my students that passive voice consists of an auxiliary verb and past participle.  I'd be interested to know why you and Patty would consider "got" a model.
 
Dave

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Patricia Lafayllve
Sent: Fri 2/20/2009 8:58 AM
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Scott-

 

I can see the "logic" of calling it a passive with "got" as the modal, but I'd probably let the student know that the construction was "informal" and make sure they know how to construct a passive using "formal" methods (ie "was run over").  Does that make sense?  I am posting while jet-lagged, here...

 

-patty

 

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott Woods
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:33 AM
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Subject: he was run over/he got run over

 

List,

My previous message on this topic delivered itself before I had finished it.  Here is the complete message.

 

Recently, a student wrote "he got run over."  This seems to be a common way of expressing the passive.

 

Would you characterize this as a passive?  Would you analyze "run" as the verb of the sentence and "got" as a modal operating like "was" in a normally constructed (was run over) passive?  

Scott Woods  

 


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