Which is correct: Children's creativity is OR gets developed properly ...?

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In a conversation, which was about children's development in a nursery school, I came across this sentence.

Children's creativity gets developed properly because they play with
materials found in nature e.g. sticks or leaves.

To my mind "gets developed" does not sound quite right and I think developed collocates with the verb "to be". So it should be

...is developed properly.

What are your thoughts about that?

Michael Harvey · Answer

'Gets developed' is informal; 'is developed' is to be preferred in writing aiming for a higher level of formality than e.g. chatty or casual. In general, this applies to any choice between 'get', and 'to be', 'become', etc, where both seem possible.

Answered by Michael Harvey on April 15, 2021

Which is correct: Children's creativity is OR gets developed properly ...?

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