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Johnleo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

auxiliary verb "come to"

Are there any differences between the following two sentences?

How did you know where she is living?

How did you come to know where she is living?

I failed to find the phrase "come to" in my LDOCE.

Thanks
  

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Johnleo Are there any differences between the following two sentences? How did you know where she is living? How did you come to know where she is living?

— Philip

  • Johnleo Are there any differences between the following two sentences?
  • How did you know where she is living?
  • How did you come to know where she is living?
  • I failed to find the phrase "come to" in my LDOCE.
  • Thanks They are the same in meaning.
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JohnleoAre there any differences between the following two sentences?

How did you know where she is living?

How did you come to know where she is living?

I failed to find the phrase "come to" in my LDOCE.

Thanks
They are the same in meaning. "come to" = "happen to". How did it occur that you
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"come to know" focuses on the point in time where the information was learned for the first time.

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