Re: past participle and get+past participle

gilevgi <gilevgi@xxxxxxxxx> spake thusly:

> Can anybody explain the difference of the following sentences in
> meaning?
>
> I am married.

Steady state. As I say this sentence, I am in the condition of
"married".

> I get married.

This is an unlikely standalone sentence. It depends what the rest of
the sentence says. For example, "Tomorrow, I get married" or "I get
married in a week" are actually statements about the future even
though they use the present tense.

> Let's start.

Straightforward present tense: Let us start now.

> Let's get start.

Not a proper sentence - did you mean "Let's get started"? If so,
there's no significant difference between that and the previous
version.

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David
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