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Default Re: get hung up VS get tied up VS .....(a multiple choice question)

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I think either were stuck or got stuck make more sense.
Sorry, I offered that last post as an explanation for why the others were not right. I thought you might have had questions about why the others were wrong.

The answer should be 6-got stuck

'were stuck' would work if the question involved a time span

The students were stuck for 3 hours on Wednesday at Safford Hall.

The students were stuck when fire fighters arrived on Wednesday at Safford Hall.

That deals with the time after they became stuck, and they were stuck.

But the question seems to imply that 1:30 was the time it happened. For that we use 'get' as described above. It marks the change in state from not stuck to stuck.

They got stuck at 1:30
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