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Alend.leo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
dufference between "tell of" and "tell about"!
Good day respectful teachers
I am confused with these two expressions (I think they are phrasal verbs).
Tell of
Tell about
Do they change in meaning?
Do they change the meaning of sentence?
Examples:
The story tells of the spring in the village.
The story tells about the spring in the village.
She tells of her life.
She tells about her life.
Or in an interview, it is normal to say: Tell me about yourself.
But may be not : Tell me of yourself.
Thank you very much in advance.
I am confused with these two expressions (I think they are phrasal verbs).
Tell of
Tell about
Do they change in meaning?
Do they change the meaning of sentence?
Examples:
The story tells of the spring in the village.
The story tells about the spring in the village.
She tells of her life.
She tells about her life.
Or in an interview, it is normal to say: Tell me about yourself.
But may be not : Tell me of yourself.
Thank you very much in advance.
Top answer
In normal modern speech, it is much more common to say tell about. Tell of is mostly literary or poetic.
- In normal modern speech, it is much more common to say tell about.
- Tell of is mostly literary or poetic.
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In normal modern speech, it is much more common to say tell about. Tell of is mostly literary or poetic.
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alend.leo(I think they are phrasal verbs).They are not phrasal verbs. The verb and the prepositions are used in their normal range of meanings.
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