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(This is a substantially modified version of another question)
Assume that a director was attending a meeting, and a pitcher was in a baseball game in some inning:
1 "He got out of the meeting. (work)"
2 "The pitcher got out of the inning. (baseball)"
For sentence 1, does it mean that he completed the attendance of the meeting, or left the meeting before the end of the meeting? For sentence 2, does it mean that he completed the inning, or left before the end of the inning? It seems that when somebody 'gets out of' something, that something may or may not be finished.
Assume that a director was attending a meeting, and a pitcher was in a baseball game in some inning:
1 "He got out of the meeting. (work)"
2 "The pitcher got out of the inning. (baseball)"
For sentence 1, does it mean that he completed the attendance of the meeting, or left the meeting before the end of the meeting? For sentence 2, does it mean that he completed the inning, or left before the end of the inning? It seems that when somebody 'gets out of' something, that something may or may not be finished.
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