To take something for granted means to stop appreciating it because it is always there. It is often said about people and things we are used to having around: take your health for granted. The pattern take it for granted that means to assume something is true without questioning it.
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take + something/someone + for granted; take for granted + long noun phrase; take it for granted that + clause
- We took fast internet for granted until we moved to a village in the mountains.
- Don't take your parents for granted; call them more often.
- The company took it for granted that everyone would work late before the launch.
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First versionMany people take clean tap water as granted until the supply is cut off.
RevisionMany people take clean tap water for granted until the supply is cut off.
As may seem natural here, since the idea is accepting something as normal, but this expression uses for: take something for granted. The object usually goes between take and for granted, as in this sentence.
A long object moves to the end: We take for granted the freedom to travel without visas. Take it for granted that is not about failing to appreciate something but about an assumption: I took it for granted that the shop would be open means I was sure it would be open.
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When you live by the sea, it's easy to take the beautiful views ___ granted.
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for — This expression always uses for: take something for granted. As is a common mistake, but English has no take something as granted.
Write about a thing or a person you didn't appreciate for a long time. Say what or who it was and when you realised it.
I took my grandmother's cooking for granted until I moved to another city and realised how much I missed it.
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