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What’s the difference between sentences 1 and 2?
1. I got him to rub my shoulders.
2. I got him rubbing my shoulders.
What’s the difference between sentences 1 and 2?
1. I got him to rub my shoulders.
2. I got him rubbing my shoulders.
1. I got him to rub my shoulders.
2. I got him rubbing my shoulders.
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@Elllie_pu Thank you! Then how do you interpret the meaning of “got” in this sentence? Does it mean “convinced” or “demanded”?
I got him to rub my shoulders.
I got him to rub my shoulders.
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#1 is correct
The phrase is “get someone to do something”
I got my brother to do my homework for me even though I know it’s wrong.
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@studiousboy
For the most part, correct
There are a some instances where you can say
She got me thinking about that
which is different from
She got me to think about that
I got my father talking about the war.
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/to-get-...
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@newenglandgenie Ah, but these two sentences contain “get someone doing something”. They are still correct and natural?
1. She got me thinking about…
2. I got my father talking about the war.
1. She got me thinking about…
2. I got my father talking about the war.
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@studiousboy Yes, they’re correct and are different from She got me to think…But you still can’t say I got him rubbing my shoulders. It’s meaningless.
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There are ways it can be grammatical, but they are specific, like if something happens while the other action is happening.
"Once I got him rubbing my shoulders, he was distracted so he didn't notice when Jane snuck up behind him."
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@studiousboy
In my sentence, the progressive form "rubbing" is more natural because I am talking about something else happing during a continuous action.
If you use the infinitive "to rub," then it is unclear if he is still rubbing or not.
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