Timeline for I know "divorced" could be an "adjective" but can I say "they got divorced" as in "They became divorced"
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| Oct 13, 2022 at 21:48 | comment | added | Lambie | get + adjective stands in for many things, among them: become some state or condition. However, to get married is also: to be married: We were married yesterday. | |
| Oct 13, 2022 at 21:20 | answer | added | Mohammad Farukh Ahmad | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 13, 2022 at 17:31 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I'm not clear exactly what you mean by "passive" there. They [got] married last year ALWAYS refers to the fact of the having gone through the marriage ceremony last year, regardless of whether got is present or not. But whereas They were married last year COULD be used with that same meaning, it's also perfectly possible to say something like They were [still] married last year when I met them, but they might have [got / gotten] divorced since then (in which context their actual marriage ceremony might have been decades ago). Does that help? | |
| Oct 13, 2022 at 15:40 | comment | added | Bilal Zafar | @FumbleFingers when you say "They got divorced" will you interpret it "they became married" or "they were married"/as passive | |
| Oct 13, 2022 at 15:26 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Note that the "helper" verb to get is effectively optional in, for example, They [got] divorced last year. Same as They [got] married last year. | |
| Oct 13, 2022 at 14:37 | vote | accept | Bilal Zafar | ||
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| Oct 13, 2022 at 14:36 | answer | added | Kate Bunting | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 13, 2022 at 14:10 | history | asked | Bilal Zafar | CC BY-SA 4.0 |