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Which variant is correct grammatically and is used more often among native speakers?

English Lerneriene
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  • Get paid to teach, but get paid for teaching. You should give a whole sentence as a context. – fev Dec 11 '20 at 11:30
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    As @fev says, 'Get paid to teach...' and 'Get paid for teaching...' are correct. 'Get paid teaching...' sounds awkward to me. It seems to mean 'You / I get paid while you are / I am teaching...' and sounds like the activities of 'getting paid' and 'teaching' are simultaneous! – Patrick D Dec 11 '20 at 11:38
  • With some verbs after imperative *Get paid [for some activity]* it's not unreasonable discard the preposition *for* when presenting the activity as a continuous participle (In some countries you can get paid [for] taking care of elderly relatives). But as a general principle this doesn't work very well. This is because the default relationship between the *get paid* and an immediately-following *-ing* form is one of *simultaneity, rather than purpose*. – FumbleFingers Dec 11 '20 at 12:07
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    @FumbleFingers Yes, 'simultaneity', as I said above... – Patrick D Dec 11 '20 at 13:08

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