C crazYgeeK Member Joined Jun 9, 2010 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Vietnamese Home Country Vietnam Current Location Vietnam Jun 10, 2010 #1 Which one of them is true? Please help me. Thanks!
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Jun 10, 2010 #2 crazYgeeK said: Which one of them is true? Please help me. Thanks! Click to expand... It depends usually on whether you are specifying the thing that you found out, or using "it/that" etc. Yesterday, I found out that I had passed my exam. I wanted to find out what mark I had got in my exam. Yesterday, I found it out. How did you find out that there had been an earthquake? I found that out by reading the newspaper.
crazYgeeK said: Which one of them is true? Please help me. Thanks! Click to expand... It depends usually on whether you are specifying the thing that you found out, or using "it/that" etc. Yesterday, I found out that I had passed my exam. I wanted to find out what mark I had got in my exam. Yesterday, I found it out. How did you find out that there had been an earthquake? I found that out by reading the newspaper.
Raymott VIP Member Joined Jun 29, 2008 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Australia Current Location Australia Jun 10, 2010 #3 crazYgeeK said: Which one of them is true? Please help me. Thanks! Click to expand... "to find out" is a separable phrasal verb. This means that the object or some other words can come between the two parts. Your phrases mean the same thing.
crazYgeeK said: Which one of them is true? Please help me. Thanks! Click to expand... "to find out" is a separable phrasal verb. This means that the object or some other words can come between the two parts. Your phrases mean the same thing.