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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Familiar
These words are familiar to us.
We are familiar to these words.
Can I replace to with with in both sentence?
I think to and with are interchangable in the second sentence.
Thanks
LiJ
EDIT: My dictionary says 'We are familiar with these words' is correct.
We are familiar to these words.
Can I replace to with with in both sentence?
I think to and with are interchangable in the second sentence.
Thanks
LiJ
EDIT: My dictionary says 'We are familiar with these words' is correct.
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Hi LiJ, You wrote: These words are familiar to us. We are familiar to these words. This is not idiomatic.
- Hi LiJ, You wrote: These words are familiar to us.
- We are familiar to these words.
- This is not idiomatic.
- It sounds like these words know us, not that we know the words.
- These words are familiar TO us.
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Hi LiJ,
You wrote:
These words are familiar to us.
We are familiar to these words. This is not idiomatic. It sounds like these words know us, not that we know the words.
These words are familiar TO us.
We are familiar WITH these words.
They are not interchanga
You wrote:
These words are familiar to us.
We are familiar to these words. This is not idiomatic. It sounds like these words know us, not that we know the words.
These words are familiar TO us.
We are familiar WITH these words.
They are not interchanga
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Grammar GeekThanks, GG.
I am familiar with X.
X is familiar TO me.
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