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Shravanmm Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Learn or know
Dear teachers.
In the sentence below, Please correct grammar and Do we use learn or know? If the answer is learn. What is the meaning of learn in this sentence?
1.I was very sorry to learn/know that your set top box has been damaged and that the light is not working correctly.
Thank you.
In the sentence below, Please correct grammar and Do we use learn or know? If the answer is learn. What is the meaning of learn in this sentence?
1.I was very sorry to learn/know that your set top box has been damaged and that the light is not working correctly.
Thank you.
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shravanmm Do we use "learn" or "know"? If the answer is "learn", what is the meaning of "learn" in this sentence? Learn or hear.
- shravanmm Do we use "learn" or "know"?
- If the answer is "learn", what is the meaning of "learn" in this sentence?
- Learn or hear.
- It means to become informed of or to come to know.
- I recommend backshifting here.
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shravanmmDo we use "learn" or "know"? If the answer is "learn", what is the meaning of "learn" in this sentence?Learn or hear. It means to become informed of or to come to know. I recommend backshifting here.
I was very sorry to learn that your set-top box was damaged and that the light was
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shravanmmDo we use learn or know?know is the stative form. learn (or find out) is the dynamic or eventive form of the same concept.
Knowing is having knowledge; learning is acquiring knowledge.
You weren't sorry that you (already) had that knowledge about the box and the light; you were sorry that you acquired that know
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