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| Don't go that way. You'll get stuck in a traffic jam. |
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| #3 (permalink) Mon May 24, 2010 10:19 am got stuck in a traffic jam |
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| ...you'll get stuck in a traffic jam |
That's fine. You can use get as a normal verb in this expression. For example,
1) He could make it to the interview well on time even though he had got stuck in a horrible trafiic jam.
2) We always get stuck in a traffic jam on our way to the office.
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| #4 (permalink) Mon May 24, 2010 11:10 am got stuck in a traffic jam |
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Yeah, that sounds fine in my book
| Daemon99 wrote: |
1) He could make it to the interview well on time even though he had got stuck in a horrible trafiic jam.
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He made it to the interview well on time even though he got stuck in a horrible trafiic jam.
(IMO, "could" doesn't make sense here)
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| #5 (permalink) Mon May 24, 2010 12:44 pm got stuck in a traffic jam |
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Nor does 'well on time'. 'Well in time' is possible.
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| #6 (permalink) Mon May 24, 2010 12:51 pm got stuck in a traffic jam |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: |
| Nor does 'well on time'. 'Well in time' is possible. |
Yeah, you're right on, I missed that. :)
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| #7 (permalink) Tue May 25, 2010 6:59 am got stuck in a traffic jam |
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Thanks a lot, Mister Micawber and Our Tort System!
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