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Auxiliary Verbs
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Primary: be, do, have

Modal: can, could, dare, may, might, must, need, ought to, shall, should, used to, will, would
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'Get' can be used sometimes, too.
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Please post a sentence using get as an auxiliary verb. (I would have, but I couldn't think of one.)

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It's common in idiomatic passives: The work got done.
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That's a good one! It did get done, didn't it?

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That's a good one! It did get done, didn't it?

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Yesterday I got stuck in an elevator.
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My car got stolen, my flat got burgled.....
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I got stuck on a problem. :)



We've got it going on, eh?

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Get lost!
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Okay.

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