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terça-feira, 2 de julho de 2019

What is the difference between turn out and pan out?


The inspiration for today's post comes from an article I read online this morning on the first semester of Jair Bolsonaro's brazilian misgovernment. It mentioned the fact that most of his election proposals haven't really panned out and all his focus has been centered around much less crucial matters.

What I want you to give your attention to now is the phrasal verb I just mentioned: pan out. Have you ever heard of it or even used it? If something panned out it means it happened in a successful way. So the article was just pointing out the fact most of brazilian president's proposals haven't turned out well.

But wait, "turned out"?, you might be wondering. If something turns out a certain way, it proves to be that certain way. So imagine you're a Bolsonaro supporter being proven wrong now that his government has turned out to be pretty bad, has proven to be pretty bad.

So notice another difference here between pan out and turn out. While the first prasal verb doesn't need a complement, the second one does: his plans didn't pan out; his plans didn't turn out well, successful, efficient, worthy, good at all.

So that's all for today guys. Talk to you next time!!!!!

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