Find out vs. find good

zainab · #1 (permalink) Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:51 am *Find out vs. find good*

Synonyms Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #105 "Synonyms for exchange", question 1

I am very pleased to find out that you have ......... for the better.

(a) altered
(b) changed
(c) shifted
(d) transformed

Synonyms Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #105 "Synonyms for exchange", answer 1

I am very pleased to find out that you have changed for the better.

Correct answer: (b) changed
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dear sir: why we put find out, I think find good?

zainab

Mister Micawber · #2 (permalink) Thu Mar 30, 2006 14:04 pm *Find out vs. find good*

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Find out = discover information. To use find good, you would have to revise the sentence considerably:

I find it good that you have changed for the better.

(To find good and to be pleased are roughly synonymous, so one of them would be redundant.)
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Alan · #3 (permalink) Thu Mar 30, 2006 14:15 pm *Find out*

Hi zainab,

You asked:

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