Timeline for I want to know the difference between "made me paralyzed" and "got me paralyzed"
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| Dec 24, 2023 at 15:28 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Also, both versions of (1) are very unidiomatic. "I had spinal surgery/surgery on my spine, which left me disabled". | |
| Dec 24, 2023 at 2:42 | answer | added | Jay | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 24, 2023 at 0:37 | comment | added | jmoreno | I think both just illustrate declining media standards, and the need for a good copy editor. | |
| Dec 23, 2023 at 20:34 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Dec 23, 2023 at 13:44 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Personally, I find made him paralysed less natural than left him paralysed, and got him very informal. | |
| Dec 23, 2023 at 13:36 | comment | added | cdleace | Thanks, and I'm trying to understand the difference between them. | |
| Dec 23, 2023 at 13:33 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | You don't 'need' to use either. Left me/him paralysed would be more idiomatic, at least in British English. | |
| Dec 23, 2023 at 12:43 | answer | added | James K | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 23, 2023 at 12:33 | history | asked | cdleace | CC BY-SA 4.0 |