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1.get的过去分词gotten除了在ill-gotten等词语以外现在只用在美国，在英国只用got。
2.get him（或you等）...和get...for him（或you等）意思相同。例如：I asked him to get me tea (=get tea for me).
3.get后面接宾语和不定式作“劝服而使…”解。例如：I will get him to teach me. 这用法多用在英国，在美国通常不用get而用have，那不定式没有to，如I will have him teach me。
4.get后面接不定式或现在分词都作“最后做到…”解，如I soon got to know him very well和We soon got talking together。用不定式比用现在分词普通。I am sorry I did not get to see you when you were in town last week里的did not get to see you是“（原来想见你而）不曾见到你”。
比较下面三句：
- We soon got to talk together.
- We soon got talking together.
- We soon got to talking together.
第三句有“进入谈话阶段”的意思。
5.比较下面四句：
- I must get my hair cut today.
- I must take care not to get my hair cut too short.
- I am preparing an important report, and must get it done this afternoon.
- I am preparing an important report, and I must take care not to get it done carelessly.
第一句和第二句里那做cut的行为的并不是I，第三句和第四句里那做do(ne)的行为的就是I。第一句和第三句里的get作“使得”解，是有意志的，第二句和第四句里的get是没有意志的。
6.假使把下面各句里的got省去，全句的意思不变：
- I have got a new cap. I have got a cold.
- I have got to do it. It has got to be done.
这样用法的have got多少有些口语性质，下面几点该注意：
（1）即使在美国也用have got而不用have gotten。
（2）不用在助动词后面，如不可说I may have got to do it，该把got删去。比较下面每组里的两句：
- Have you got to do that today?(一时)
Do you have(没有 got)to do that every day? - (经常)I haven't got to go.
I don't have(没有 got)to go.
（3）have got在语法上属于完成时态，所以不可说have had got或had had got，该把got省去。
（4）在have a bath, have a chat, have a dance, have a look, have a smoke, have a swim, have a wash等表达方式里不可在have后面加上got。
（5）had got to...（不定式）很不普通，如通常不说I had got to do it，最好把got删去。had got to...（不定式）用在疑问句里更不普通，如通常不说Had you got to do it? 最好把got删去或把全句改作Did you have to do it?
（6）I have got a new cap和I have got to do it等句子里的have是助动词，got是过去分词，但在口语里有时把have省去而只用got。
