How often do we get paid?

Mitra584 · #1 (permalink) Tue Apr 05, 2011 13:04 pm *How often do we get paid?*

Dear to whom may it concern,
What does it mean? (How often do we get paid?)It means how often do we get salary? And ‘get paid’ is a kind of passive? What happen when we use get before a verb? And why? Would you please clear all things about GET for me?
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Mitra
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Alan · #2 (permalink) Tue Apr 05, 2011 14:02 pm *How often do we get paid?*

Hi Mitra,

'Get' + a past participle is a kind of passive and in your sentence means: How often do we receive pay/money/wages/salary? How often is money paid to us by our boss? The idea is that 'get' indicates that someone does something for/to you as in: I get my hair cut at this salon. I am getting the grass cut tomorrow by the gardener. I got held up in the traffic.

It can also be used when it suggests 'become' as in: They got lost on their way to the station. They got confused because they didn't understand the language.

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Mitra584 · #3 (permalink) Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:46 am *How often do we get paid?*

Dear Alan,
Thank you very much indeed.
Mitra

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Mitra584 · #4 (permalink) Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:23 am *How often do we get paid?*

Dear Alan,
Can I use get when I am talking about myself? Like this: I am getting the grass cut tomorrow.
With the best regard
Mitra
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Alan · #5 (permalink) Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:39 am *How often do we get paid?*

Hi Mitra,

When you say:

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