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I got acquainted with vs I got acquainted to

Both "I got acquainted with" and "I got acquainted to" are commonly used phrases, but the correct one is "I got acquainted with." The preposition "with" is the correct choice to indicate the person or thing with whom you became acquainted.

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I got acquainted with

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "I got acquainted with" when you want to express that you have become familiar with a person or thing.

Examples:

  • I got acquainted with my new neighbors yesterday.
  • She got acquainted with the local customs during her trip.
  • He got acquainted with the company's policies on his first day.
  • They got acquainted with the new technology quickly.
  • We got acquainted with the history of the town through a guided tour.
  • I got acquainted with him last year. Translation: Language: Auto detect, Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Ainu, Albanian, Algerian Arabic, Amharic, Ancient Greek, Arabic ...
  • I got acquainted with her in France. (CK); [S] · [T] I think Tom is acquainted with Mary. (CK); [S] · [T] I believe Tom is acquainted with Mary. (CK)
  • During this period, as I got acquainted with some great works of social scientists such as X and Y, I began to relish social science. Last edited ...
  • I got acquainted with my new roommate. After eating spicy Indian food, I became well acquainted with the toilet. He quickly got acquainted with her when he ...

Alternatives:

  • I became acquainted with
  • I got to know
  • I familiarized myself with
  • I made friends with
  • I met

I got acquainted to

This phrase is not correct in English. The preposition "to" is not used to indicate becoming acquainted with someone or something.

  • Many years ago I got acquainted to the work of the Buddhist abbot Pra Jamroon Panjan of Tamkrabok monastery near Bangkok in Thailand. For many years he ...
  • Jan 12, 2014 ... In 1990 I was buying some science journal, and it used to publish excerpts from sci-fi and fantasy books. In such a way I got acquainted to ...
  • Thanks to the DREAM challenge on PBM data I got acquainted to the data, and more than half of my PhD thesis was on this technology and the field of ...
  • May 22, 2014 ... That's how I got acquainted to a lot of different bodies of work and things that come also from other cultures. I started getting into Qigong [a ...

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