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The accompanying CD-ROM makes the Cambridge Grammar of English even more accessible with:

  • the whole book in handy, searchable format;
  • audio recordings of all example sentences from the book;
  • links to the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary online for instant definitions of new vocabulary

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The passive voice with

get

is used much more often to convey ‘bad news’ than good news, for example

He got arrested

or

We got charged 20 pounds too much.

Find out more in the

Cambridge Grammar of English