work out - find out

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Anonymous  #360643  Sat, 05 May 07 11:42 AM

1. I'll just go and ____________ what's going on outside.

2. We need to ____________ how we're going to get there.

a. work out

b. find out

Can either option be used in either sentence? or is 1b, 2a better?

  
MrPedantic  #360673  Sat, 05 May 07 01:13 PM

Hello Anon,

They would all be quite normal, in the right context.

I would guess though that contexts where you could use 1a would turn up much less frequently.

MrP

  
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Diamondrg  #360683  Sat, 05 May 07 01:48 PM
 MrPedantic wrote:

Hello Anon,

They would all be quite normal, in the right context.

I would guess though that contexts where you could use 1a would turn up much less frequently.

MrP

Thank you, Mr Pedantic.

PS: speaking for anon as anon. Smile [:)]

  
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MrPedantic  #360900  Sun, 06 May 07 12:58 AM

You're welcome, DRG!

MrP

  
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