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Originally Posted by thekremlin
Just had an office debate about the correct usage of "burnt" vs "burned". Basically it depends on if the adjective is referring to the primary ("-ed") or secondary ("-t") subject of a phrase. So you would say "I burned the toast" because the subject is "I" in that phrase, but you would say "I don't like burnt toast" because toast isn't the subject of that sentance.
So it is proper to say "Stay out of my kitchen or you're going to get BURNED." Not burnt.
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The disjunction makes it a compound sentence with two genetive subjects. It would be more proper to eliminate the disjunctive "or" and make two separate sentences.