Timeline for "Get an idea on/of something"
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| Dec 18, 2013 at 5:14 | comment | added | user28567 |
@aeqr You can't treat Google's result estimates as evidence of standard English usage. COCA has 268 results for get an idea of, but only 1 result for get an idea on, and I think this is probably a better indication of standard English usage.
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| Dec 18, 2013 at 1:36 | history | edited | anongoodnurse | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
provided example sentences.
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| Dec 18, 2013 at 1:36 | comment | added | tyrana4 | The Google search for "to get an idea on" gives 6'030'000 results. Are they all wrong or you can use it depending on the context? | |
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| Dec 18, 2013 at 1:08 | history | answered | anongoodnurse | CC BY-SA 3.0 |