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"get confused" or "become confused"?



 
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"get confused" or "become confused"? #1 (permalink) Wed Oct 14, 2009 14:42 pm   "get confused" or "become confused"?
 

Do we usually say: the dog gets confused or the dog becomes confused.
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"get confused" or "become confused"? #2 (permalink) Wed Oct 14, 2009 14:44 pm   "get confused" or "become confused"?
 

Well, I don't usually say either, but both are fine. 'Get' is less formal.
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