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Originally Posted by Perikles
'get' is a bad word to use. Get used to not using it. By the way - off-topic, but the first sentence I quote: is that standard AmE?
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No, it's definitely not traditional usage. I tend to overuse the present progressive on purpose for exaggeration.... 
edit: wait. The first sentence or the last? "I'm disliking it more & more..." isn't conventional. But what don't you like about the first sentence?
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Last edited by laepelba; February 12, 2010 at 02:35 AM.
Reason: Misread the question....
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