Question

What are some of the syntactic changes that have occurred between EME and PDE?

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The progressive passive e.g. His car is being serviced todayThe 'get-passive' e.g. He got fucked upThe use of periphrastic 'do' (dummy auxiliary) continued to expandMore expansive pre-modificationIncreased use of nominalisationsLonger verb phrasesIncrease in use of phrasal and prepositional verbs'Do you have' replacing 'Have you got'

Front	What are some of the syntactic changes that have occurred between EME and PDE?
Back	The progressive passive e.g. His car is being serviced today The 'get-passive' e.g. He got fucked up The use of periphrastic 'do' (dummy auxiliary) continued to expand More expansive pre-modification Increased use of nominalisations Longer verb phrases Increase in use of phrasal and prepositional verbs 'Do you have' replacing 'Have you got'

E.G Syntactic Occurred Eme Pde Progressive Passive Car