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#1 2010-10-22 17:21:09

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1690

"get treat of" for "get rid of"

In some dialects, or at least for some speakers of English, get treat of and get rid of are indistinguishable phonetically. I suppose they see the first as some sort of conjugation that means get treated for to get rid of.

do I need to do all the listed steps or just one of them to get treat of these virus or whatever it called?
Computer virus

How To Get Treat Of Zits
Skin care

You can employ a humidifier to get treat of a stuffy nose.
Another generic health page

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