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[abcdeflearn]

She has to get the work done.




Does it mean she is the one who gets the work done ?

or she asks someone to finish the work for her?


thanks

[Marius Hancu]

Both. You must be specific:

She has to get the work done alone.
She has to get the work done by others.

Examples in published books with each of them:

47 on "get it done alone"
http://books.google.com/books?lr=&spell=1&q=%22get+it+done+alone%22&btnG=Search+Books

122 on "get it done by others"
http://books.google.com/books?lr=&spell=1&q=%22get+it+done+by+others%22&btnG=Search+Books

[OddThomas]

The responsibility is hers, true enough, but the sentence does not tell us how she will accomplish it. That's too much to ask of this simple phrase.

I believe most of us would imagine her doing it by herself if we didn't have more information.