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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Did get taken to

Hi

Could you please tell me what the underlined part means? Is it natural English?

(They are talking about a film director)

Some of his early films did get taken to.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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If people take to films they develop a liking for them. The clumsy passive sentence you quoted means people started to like his films.

— Rover_KE

  • If people take to films they develop a liking for them.
  • The clumsy passive sentence you quoted means people started to like his films.
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If people take to films they develop a liking for them.

The clumsy passive sentence you quoted means people started to like his films.

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take to is an expression that means roughly slowly begin to like.

It is usually used in active voice.

eg I've taken to my new boss.

Your sentence would be more natural if you said

eg People took to some of his earlier films.

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