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'got shut-down' would not be correct use imo

Got = Received / Retrieved

  • Come to have or hold (something); receive: "I got the impression that she wasn't happy".
  • Experience, suffer, or be afflicted with (something bad): "I got a sudden pain in my eye".

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'got shut-down' would not be correct use imo

Got = Received / Retrieved

Mmm, not necessarily. Consider the future tense version: "My company will get shut down next week."

Or even by changing the original round a bit: "She got fired for stealing paperclips."

I'd say it's acceptable OP, but maybe somebody with formal training/knowledge can give their input.

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Mmm, not necessarily. Consider the future tense version: "My company will get shut down next week."

Or even by changing the original round a bit: "She got fired for stealing paperclips."

I'd say it's acceptable OP, but maybe somebody with formal training/knowledge can give their input.

I would have to disagree I think, "My company will be shut down next week"

"She was fired for stealing paper-clips"

We use Got and Get in normal language, but I have a feeling it is not correct use of the word

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Ideally, you never use the word got. We use it in speech all the time, but it's a vague, not terribly descriptive verb, and it's often redundant. Got shutdown = was shutdown.

"My Company was shutdown due to gross negligence."

Or take, "I got a new car!" Yes, it works, but "I bought a new car!" or "my parents gave me a new car!" or "I stole a new car!" are all much more descriptive.

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