Hi!
“The boss really tore into me about not getting that report finished in time.”
Does it mean that I didn’t finish the report on my own?
if so,why don’t we say “…about finishing that report in time?”
No. You had a deadline and you didn’t meet the deadline. You were late in finishing the report. “Get” there means “not achieve (a goal)” or “not manage to do (something)”.
Hi Molly
Are you saying that you think it is 100% clear that the speaker was the one writing the report? :?
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I think it could go either way. You could be Jim’s supervisor and it was Jim’s report – but it was still needed by your boss so you didn’t ensure it was done. OR it could have been your objective to get it done, and you didn’t.
It’s not uncommon, Sultano, to have someone say “Get it done” and it doesn’t mean “have someone else do it” but rather “find a way to ensure this happens, one way or the other.”