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Arzamas18 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

got/acquired skills

Hi,

Which one has more common usage: got/acquired skills?
For example, in this sentence: During his studies he got/acquired excellent technical skills.

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Arzamas18 Hi, Which one has more common usage: got/acquired skills? For example, in this sentence: During his studies he got/acquired excellent technical skills. acquired

— Yoong Liat

  • Arzamas18 Hi, Which one has more common usage: got/acquired skills?
  • For example, in this sentence: During his studies he got/acquired excellent technical skills.
  • acquired
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Arzamas18Hi,

Which one has more common usage: got/acquired skills?
For example, in this sentence: During his studies he got/acquired excellent technical skills.
acquired
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Hi Yoong Liat,

In informal spoken English, I'm not so sure. Maybe, maybe not. The short verbs (like 'get/make/do') are very, very common in speech.

Best wishes, Clive
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