New Preposition Combinations

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:25 am

I don't see a "direction" in get on with to mean "have a good relationship",

Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it ain't there, and v.v.

JuanTwoThree · Post by **JuanTwoThree** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:12 am

Is there another 3 part split PV apart from "get it over with"?

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:41 pm

JuanTwoThree wrote:Is there another 3 part split PV apart from "get it over with"?

Isn't that a PPV, 4 part, and not split?

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:50 pm

metal56 wrote:Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it ain't there.

I didn't say it wasn't there, just that I need more convincing.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:56 pm

lolwhites wrote:
metal56 wrote:Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it ain't there.
I didn't say it wasn't there, just that I need more convincing.

So you can't see "progressing" in "getting on with somebody", either?

JuanTwoThree · Post by **JuanTwoThree** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:44 pm

Let's stick to English not maths! Is there another?

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:59 pm

So you can't see "progressing" in "getting on with somebody", either?

Well I can see progression in a sentence like Metal and Lolwhites have only just met and they're getting on famously, but the progression is in the continuous aspect rather than the on IMO.

If it was Metal and Lolwhites get on like a house on fire, I'd see that as describing a stable situation, without a sense of progression.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:28 pm

Well I can see progression in a sentence like Metal and Lolwhites have only just met and they're getting on famously, but the progression is in the continuous aspect rather than the on IMO.

Try Metal and Lolwhites have only just met and they're getting famously, if you think that.

Try:

moving nowhere - static
moving on the spot -static

Progression there?

get/move on/onwards - progress

go back- regress
go on - progress

There relationship is progressing nicely/they are getting on/along nicely - synonymous

move on/move along

How's the job progressing/moving on/moving along?

Time's getting on (progressing). I have to go.

He's getting on (progressing) in years.

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:10 pm

Try Metal and Lolwhites have only just met and they're getting famously, if you think that.

Get famously?

Sure, all your examples show progress, but they all show some kind of movement, either literal or figurative. But I see get on with in the sense of I get on with my in-laws totally differently; progression is, after all, a form of change, and if I get on with someone, it doesn't mean the relationship is changing or progressing, in fact it's probably pretty stable.

Obviously, get on with your work implies progress, but I don't see the same meaning. IMO get on with your work and how do you get on with her? can pretty much treated as different lexical items.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:11 pm

As they say, Lolblancs, if you don't see it, it ain't there for you.

lolwhites · Post by **lolwhites** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:29 pm

Sure, and just because you think you do see something, it doesn't necessarily follow that it is there. Humans have a thing about looking for patterns, after all.