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Old 03-Aug-2007, 01:04
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Default Re: get through sth (sentences)

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Originally Posted by Barb_D View Post
To mean "consume a lot of something," you "go" through, not "get" through. The past is "went through."

They went through a lot of beer at the party.
The kids are going through that box of candy pretty quickly.
His Buick goes through a lot of gas.

[a writer, not a teacher]
Do we still need "a lot, lots, or much" here? Since the meaning you said is " to consume A LOT of something".
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