有一读者问： get to do sth与get to doing sth有什么区别？
get to do sth较口语化，其基本含义是“经过一定（或长或短）的过程做成功，取得结果（get的本义是“得到”），有“会或能够”、“逐渐”、“变得”、“开始”等内涵。如：
(1)You will soon get to like it.
(2)How did you get to know him?
(3)I never got to go to college.
(4)Do I get to meet the President?
(5)Every capital city is getting to look like every other.
(6)The men piled out of the coach, rushed into the restaurant and immediately got to work on the meal that had been prepared for them. （get to work on应看做一固定说法）
get to doing sth在口语中常省去to，其意仅仅是“开始做什么”，如：
(7)They got to living together.
(8)I got to thinking about Pebble and what a long detour it had been to find her again.
(9)Things haven't got going yet.
