No, Philippe, I believe that you are (mostly) wrong. The Passive Voice uses
the auxiliary “to be” to show that the subject is being done to. The word
“get”, an unsatisfactory multi-use word is mostly Active. From one of your
examples, “get dressed” means to dress yourself. “Be dressed [by someone]” is
the Passive and has a different meaning.
“I was/got taught . . .” is Passive, but the use of “got” is not the language
of a mature speaker of English. In general “get” means "to become", not "to
be”.
Chris
On 8 Nov 2013, at 09:01, philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Get is a substitute for the copula be on (rare) occasions and
> qualifies as an auxiliary for the passive voice.
> Purists will refer to front/end focus, etc. but a few examples will do
> I'm sure.
>
> I have to get dressed before 8.
> I was/got taught the lesson on the passive voice (by the new teacher).
> Due to the strike, passengers got stranded for long hours (here get is
> a substitue for become with dynamic connotations BTW).
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