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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Do the two words mean the same? see/find out
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00 Does 'find out' also work in the following examples? If yes, is there any difference between 'see' and 'find out' here? 02 br
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00 A. I'll call him and see/ 01 u 00 find out 02 u 00 how the job interview went. 02 br
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00 B. She went outside to see/ 01 u 00 find out 02 u 00 what was happening. 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance for your help. 02 br
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00 Does 'find out' also work in the following examples? If yes, is there any difference between 'see' and 'find out' here? 02 br
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00 A. I'll call him and see/ 01 u 00 find out 02 u 00 how the job interview went. 02 br
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00 B. She went outside to see/ 01 u 00 find out 02 u 00 what was happening. 02 br
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00 Thanks in advance for your help. 02 br
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0 To me, "find out" has a more focused attempt at information gathering. You can open the door and glance around to "see" what is happening, but to "find out," you may have to go ask someone for information. 0-
- 0 To me, "find out" has a more focused attempt at information gathering.
- You can open the door and glance around to "see" what is happening, but to "find out," you may have to go ask someone for information.
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0 To me, "find out" has a more focused attempt at information gathering. You can open the door and glance around to "see" what is happening, but to "find out," you may have to go ask someone for information. 0-
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00 Do you mean it is not appropriate to use 'find out' in the example above and 'see' and 'find out' don't
01 cite 10 Grammar Geek 12 cite 12 br10 Thank you very much GG for your answer. 02 br
10 You can open the door and glance around to "see" what is happening, 12 br
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00 Do you mean it is not appropriate to use 'find out' in the example above and 'see' and 'find out' don't
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0 To my mind, they are not EXACTLY the same. "See" is just a more casual attempt to get information, while "find out" is a more concerted effort. 02 br
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00 If I heard a loud noise outside, and I said to my daughter "Go find out what is happening" and she came back and said "I dunno - I opened the door and there was this crowd of people but I can't tell much else," then she di
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00 If I heard a loud noise outside, and I said to my daughter "Go find out what is happening" and she came back and said "I dunno - I opened the door and there was this crowd of people but I can't tell much else," then she di
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0 HI GG, 02 br
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00 Thank you very much for your clear explanation. 0-
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00 Thank you very much for your clear explanation. 0-
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