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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
know/learn about
1 i 00 Long time no see! I just came back to Taipei from Europe. Twenty hours on the plane really made me tired. I 01 font 00 knew about 02 font 00 Typhoon Melissa from the TV news. ... 02 i 02 br
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00 I think the fourth sentence of the above passage is not correct. It should be rewritten as 01 i 00 I 01 font 00 learned about 02 font 00 Typhoon Melissa from the TV news. 02 i 00 Am I right? 0-
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00 I think the fourth sentence of the above passage is not correct. It should be rewritten as 01 i 00 I 01 font 00 learned about 02 font 00 Typhoon Melissa from the TV news. 02 i 00 Am I right? 0-
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Coxe> 01 font 01 b 00 b 02 b 00 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 to have cognizance, consciousness, or awareness of something 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 be aware of the existence or fact of something < 01 i 00 knew 02 i 00 of her but had not yet met her> < 01 i 00 knew 02 i 00 about what had happened> 02 font 02 br 01 b 00 2 02 b 00 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 to have information 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 have acquaintance with facts < 01 i 00 knew 02 i 00 differently and therefore refused the offer> 02 br 02 br 00 05 0 02 br 00 ----------- 0240
- Coxe> 01 font 01 b 00 b 02 b 00 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 to have cognizance, consciousness, or awareness of something 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 be aware of the existence or fact of something < 01 i 00 knew 02 i 00 of her but had not yet met her> < 01 i 00 knew 02 i 00 about what had happened> 02 font 02 br 01 b 00 2 02 b 00 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 to have information 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 have acquaintance with facts < 01 i 00 knew 02 i 00 differently and therefore refused the offer> 02 br 02 br 00 05 0 02 br 00 ----------- 0240
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0 I think both can be used 02 br
00 --------- 02 br
01 b 00 know 02 b 01 i 02 br
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00 intransitive verb 02 br
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02 i 01 b 00 1 a 02 b 00 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 to have perception or cognition or understanding of something especially to an extensive or complete extent <you 01 i
00 --------- 02 br
01 b 00 know 02 b 01 i 02 br
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00 intransitive verb 02 br
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02 i 01 b 00 1 a 02 b 00 01 b 00 : 02 b 00 to have perception or cognition or understanding of something especially to an extensive or complete extent <you 01 i
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0 In the context, 'learned about' sounds too formal to me (i.e. the register sounds wrong). 02 br
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00 You could say ' 01 b 00 knew about 02 b 00 ', ' 01 b 01 i 00 heard about 02 i 00 ' 02 b 00 , or ' 01 b 01 i 00 found out about 02 i 02 b 00 '. All of these options are correct, and also sound more appropr
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00 You could say ' 01 b 00 knew about 02 b 00 ', ' 01 b 01 i 00 heard about 02 i 00 ' 02 b 00 , or ' 01 b 01 i 00 found out about 02 i 02 b 00 '. All of these options are correct, and also sound more appropr
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0 01 i 00 I 01 font 00 knew about 02 font 00 Typhoon Melissa from the TV news. ... 02 br
00 Can I use 'came to know about'? 02 br
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00 Can I use 'came to know about'? 02 br
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0 I would characterize the different possibilities thus: 02 br
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01 i 00 I came to know about it from the news. 02 i 00 Register 3+ 01 i 02 br
00 I learned about it from the news. 02 i 00 Register 2.2 01 i 02 br
00 I found out about it from the news. 02 i 00 Register 2.0 01 i 02 br
00 I knew
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01 i 00 I came to know about it from the news. 02 i 00 Register 3+ 01 i 02 br
00 I learned about it from the news. 02 i 00 Register 2.2 01 i 02 br
00 I found out about it from the news. 02 i 00 Register 2.0 01 i 02 br
00 I knew
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