[Grammar] Got one's arm broken

[Snappy]

Native speakers say, "The driver got his arm broken."


How do you say if you don't know whether the driver is a male or female?
Is it possible gramatically to say, "The driver got the arm broken."?

 

[Rover_KE]

Is it possible gramatically to say, "The driver got the arm broken"?

No.

You could say 'The driver broke an arm' or 'The driver sustained a broken arm' or 'One of the driver's arms was broken in the accident'.

Rover

 

[Heterological]

I agree with Rover. Even the initial sentence sounds a bit awkward to me. I would say, "the driver broke his/her/an arm."