Meaning of granting

[Jeanine]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #48 "Speaking: The Wedding", question 9

No one was surprised because everyone took it for ......... that one day they would marry.

(a) grasped
(b) understood
(c) granting
(d) granted

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #48 "Speaking: The Wedding", answer 9

No one was surprised because everyone took it for granted that one day they would marry.

Correct answer: (d) granted

Your answer was: incorrect
No one was surprised because everyone took it for granting that one day they would marry.
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Hi,

Would you please tell me why GRANTING is not correct?

Thanks

Jeanine

[Mister Micawber]

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The set phrase is to take for granted. Granted = given; acknowledged as a supposition. The past participle indicating an established state is semantically required.
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[Minhajquazi]

I am sorry to interrupt here because of grammatical rules say difference , so far my knowledge- that is , if followed by preposition one word like 'verb' it must act as gerund and it is a 'prepositional phrase' !What happened here ? Like- for going , for living etc.
why it would be 'granted' instead of 'granting' ? Explain please ?

Minhajquazi
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[Beeesneees]

The explanation can be found in these words:

[Cristovam]

Please, but in that case GRANTED is not verb. I think it is an adverb like SURELY and CERTAINLY. Am I correct? Thank you.