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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Tell someone of something vs tell someone something

1. He told me of the story.

2. He told me the story.

Isn't it certain that he said to me the whole story in the 1st unlike the 2nd?

I think that the main difference between the two sentences might be that it's uncertain whether he said to me the whole story or the part of the story unlike he said to me the whole story in the 2nd.

Or, perhaps, it's just the difference of expressing even though they convey the same meaning that he said to me the whole story?

The reason I think this way is that I've learnt "of" is used when to indicate something belongs to something.

  

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fire1 1. He told me of the story. 2.

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  • fire1 1.
  • He told me of the story.
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  • He told me the story.
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fire11. He told me of the story.
2. He told me the story.

1. He told me about the story.

2. He told me the story. He related the story to me.

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fire11. He told me of the story.

He made me aware of the existence of the story.

— I need a story that's easy to read for my beginning English students.
— Well, there's a story about a werewolf called "Silver Bullet" that's pretty easy. You could use that in your class.

fire12. He told me the story.
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