granted

granted
granted
1. Like considering and given, granted can be used as a preposition and (as granted that) conjunction that is grammatically free of the subject:

• And, granted the initial assumptions…I think it stands the test —A. White, 1965

• Granted that Americans are not interested in Atlantic union, the emotional value to them of European union is enormous —Listener, 1961.

There is also an absolute use, which should only be used informally:

• Granted, it was not hard to interest a security man, who apart from a regular soldier had the most boring job on earth —Thomas Keneally, 1985

• I somehow don't see life in an ordinary manner, not even this sere and monotonous existence in Africa; granted, it browns me off sometimes, but I do pretty well on the whole —I. Young, 1990.

See also participles 3, 4.
2. The common expression take for granted can be followed by a simple object or by a that-clause (often with a preceding it; informally with omission of that):

• It was taken for granted that the astronauts would be brought down in the Bermuda ‘recovery area’ at 12.22 a.m. —Listener, 1965

• He took it all for granted, and would never have a clue just how blessed he was —F. Cooper, 1991

• If she missed his letters for a few days, she would probably stop taking him for granted —F. Pitt-Kethley, 1991

• As a teenager, I took it for granted I would never get a boyfriend and was severely bullied —Express, 2007.


Modern English usage. 2014.

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