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[Invoke] Google-fu / English grammar Gurus by Yavine 2007-04-26 09:42:07
I'm looking for a grammar thorough enough to explain the following case:
Inanimate subject + to get + V(ed).
(Typical example: "My car got stolen." It could be a passive voice but it's not.)

Any idea where I can find this on the web? My grammar books are 500km from where I am currently and that problem is just eating my mind. I've tried searching on my own, but the only grammars I've found don't even mention that "to get" can have an inanimate subject.
[ Reply ]
  My car got stolen IS passive voice. by mmell2007-04-26 09:44:24
    But..? by Yavine2007-04-26 09:46:28
      Either one is passive. by mmell2007-04-26 09:49:17
      Formality by MatthewDBA2007-04-26 09:50:29
        That's exactly what I was looking for by Yavine2007-04-26 10:02:34
    So, in that case how would this be interperated by classic_jon2007-04-26 09:46:30
      That's active voice (with poor grammer thrown in). by mmell2007-04-26 09:48:31
      "stoled" = "stole" by MatthewDBA2007-04-26 09:51:34
      Which Cara? by cptspith2007-04-26 10:33:12
  A sentence is in passive voice by basher202007-04-26 10:34:24
    True enough by Yavine2007-04-26 12:53:39

 

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