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Nddad Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Given - Preposition or Participle

1) Given the fact that many parents submit problems to us,

we have established a unique problem form for them to fill out.

I uderstand " as we were given that fact that ~~ " Am I wrong? or Both are possible ?

Pls let me know it.

Thanks a lot.

Terry

  

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"Given the fact that" is a common expression meaning that the fact is known and accepted, and will be used to support or explain a subsequent statement. There is no sense that the fact was literally "given" to the writer. " has a prominent sense that the writer was given the fact by someone else, or obtained it from some external source.

— Mr Wordy

  • "Given the fact that" is a common expression meaning that the fact is known and accepted, and will be used to support or explain a subsequent statement.
  • There is no sense that the fact was literally "given" to the writer.
  • " has a prominent sense that the writer was given the fact by someone else, or obtained it from some external source.
  • In your sentence it is grammatical but doesn't seem to fit the meaning.
  • The use of "us" implies that the writer would already know about the problem submissions.
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"Given the fact that" is a common expression meaning that the fact is known and accepted, and will be used to support or explain a subsequent statement. There is no sense that the fact was literally "given" to the writer.



In contrast, "As we were given that fact that..." has a prominent sense that the writer was given the fact by someone else, or obtained it from some external
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Hi,

1) Given the fact that many parents submit problems to us,

we have established a unique problem form for them to fill out.

I uderstand " as we were given that fact that ~~ " Am I wrong? or Both are possible ?

The meaning of 'give' here is 'grant', 'concede', 'not dispute'.



Think of it as meaning 'Considering this fact that is not d
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