Got to know
Is this sentence correct:
"I got to know Kenny Rogers when I was 10."
Note: By 'I got to know' I mean that I first heard him and saw him on television when I was 10 (not that I ever met him).
Top answer
, where it's clear that you don't mean you met him personally. Alternately, you could say that you got to know about him. Then it's not a matter of meeting him in person.
- , where it's clear that you don't mean you met him personally.
- Alternately, you could say that you got to know about him.
- Then it's not a matter of meeting him in person.
- CJ
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Christine Christienot that I ever met him
I got to know (someone) usually implies direct contact, but I think you can use it for your intended meaning here if your sentence occurs in the right context, i.e., where it's clear that you don't mean you met him personally.
Alternately, you could say that you got to know about him. Then it's
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