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Old 01-Aug-2009, 12:56
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dears dir in this sentence
I don't know. If you don't want
to find out, get out of there.
i don't understand the meaning of to find out

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Old 01-Aug-2009, 15:09
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Hello adel87

To find out means to know:
  • If you don't want to know, get out of there.

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Dear Sir

I don't understand the meaning of to find out in this sentence:
If you don't want to find out, get out of there.
Thank you.
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I don't quite understand...
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I think that the problem is typos,punctuation and miss use of words. I have written below a possible meaning

Dear Sirs,
I do not understand this sentence. What does "get out of here" mean?

Hope this makes sense.

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Second explanation after re-reading. Please finish off the previous explanation by adding"What does does find out mean?" So in context of the letter if you are not interested enough to do some research you do not belong in this group.

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Originally Posted by adel87 View Post
If you don't want
to find out, get out of there.
i don't understand the meaning of to find out

thank you
To find out is to learn the facts of a situation in an effort to obtain the answer to a question.

"If you don't want to find out, get out of there" would be said to someone who might not like the answer to the question.

In other words:

"If you don't want to hear the answer, don't ask the question."
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