What is the difference between "get + verb+ and "verb"?

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What is the difference between two clauses below:

See the google ngram viewer. Also, note that the word is yesterday. — Billy Kerr, Commented Jul 17 at 17:33
Your example contrasts get PP and be PP, where PP is a past participle. Your title is about something different. — Paul Tanenbaum, Commented Jul 17 at 17:48
And your example comprises two sentences, not two mere clauses. — Paul Tanenbaum, Commented Jul 17 at 17:49
They are syntactically different (auxiliary + participle vs. non-auxiliary + participle), but there is no difference in meaning. Both are in the passive. — ishtar, Commented Jul 17 at 18:00
You mean "What is the difference between get [verb]ed and be [verb]ed?" — Kate Bunting, Commented Jul 17 at 18:01

RuthMcT · Accepted Answer · 2024-07-17 21:15:55Z

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They both mean the same, but I would consider "he got robbed" as more colloquial, and I wouldn't expect to see/hear it in more formal situations

answered Jul 17 at 21:15

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