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Uploaded by on Jan 18, 2012

Sometimes the verb "get" has the same meaning as the verb "become."

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  • Hi PAUL , I was wondering if you could explain me something i have been meaning to ask you for quite sometime .I want to clarify the meaning of this sentence (Thank you for having been my friend) can i say I Sorry for having tossed pieces of chalk at you . thank you and i'll be looking forward to your reply

  • @cubanbas3ball100 -- That's a good question. The "ing" word after the preposition (for) is a gerund followed by a past participle. I'll have to look this up. The sentences are okay--they suggest the action happened in the past. Here are alternatives: "Thank-you for being my friend," and "Sorry for tossing chalk at you." Your sentences are correct, but the ones I wrote are a little simpler.

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  • thank you Paul you realy make averything look easy

  • Really it's a great job ....i have a problem of using "to have"...like i want to have a conversation with u....in this sentence what the meaning of "to have"

  • Thank u so much for ur videos. u r a good teacher!!

  • thank you have a nice day!

  • Thank you sooooo much Paul!

  • Your pronunciation in "gotten" helped me a lot! I was pronouncing the last syllabe wrong

  • Thanks so much Paul, this topic is very, very helpful. The verb to get has many confuses when we are learning english. I wanna thank you because I'm getting good english with your classes, I hope somebody does for you what you do for us

  • Thank you Paul! Bufffff, how much meanings has the verb get!!! I don't know if I will remember all!! :)

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