Got started or started - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Here, the meaning of 'get' is 'become', or 'be' in the transformative rather than durative sense In your examples, 'This action got started' might be used especially in the US, but sounds unusual to British ears It would be the passive, meaning 'was started' 'We got started' sounds more acceptable in the UK, but now has the non-passive sense
sentence construction - get with past participle - English Language . . . 2 As you say, "started" is a past perfect participle which effectively is an adjective, The program is started It seems to me you can use the "get + past perfect participle" with any verb where the past perfect participle is a similarly idiomatic adjective We need to find a way to get them motivated You'd better leave before you get tired
difference - Lets get started vs. lets start - English Language . . . For example, "Let's start the engine and see if the car won't make that noise again " As for your two sentences, I agree that "Let's get started on building this table" sounds a bit awkward, but I might say "Let's get started on this table" just as easily as "Let's start building this table " More on that in my answer below
to getting vs. to get - English Language Learners Stack Exchange As for the example "A Quick Easy Guide to get You Started Making Money," there is the valence aspect in the use of "to get someone started " Here is a similar semantic relationship to reflexivity Someone (the writer) will act upon you with the result that you do something (make money)
grammar - Should I say started to or started by? - English Language . . . I started to shower (I went naked into the shower and turned on the water) When you say that you 'started by doing something ', you mean that the named activity was the first of a series of activities which altogether comprised a larger plan or process, which you have previously mentioned
What is another phrase for start here? - English Language Usage . . . 2 I am looking for words and phrases with similar meaning to "start here" or "get started" The thesaurus is not helping because I'm not looking specifically for synonyms of "start" I want a phrase that connotes the identification of a location resource that is: good for beginners contains introductory knowledge