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#2 (permalink) Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:58 am 'got to know' versus 'learned to know' |
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Hi
In English you cannot say 'learn to know'. (Are you German? This sounds like a direct translation from German. Unfortunately, it doesn't work in English.)
The phrasal verb 'get to know' means the same thing a 'become acquainted with'.
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#3 (permalink) Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:36 am 'got to know' versus 'learned to know' |
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Hi Jestefania,
The meaning of 'know' in this expression suggests 'grow familiar with' and that's why 'get' is the appropriate verb here with the idea of 'become', which indicates a slow gradual process and not a conscious activity, which is implied by 'learn'.
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#4 (permalink) Sun Dec 03, 2006 16:48 pm 'got to know' versus 'learned to know' |
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| Then there is 'come to get to know', which sounds like a very progressive way of getting acquainted. |
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