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Free sign upThe phrase "acquired the basics" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the process of learning fundamental concepts or skills in a particular subject or area.
Example: "After several weeks of study, I feel that I have acquired the basics of programming."
Alternatives: "learned the fundamentals" or "grasped the essentials."
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"I acquired the basics of the technique of cinema as a young boy," says Mr Assayas.
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Yet by late childhood they have, through progressive stages, acquired the basic vocabulary of at least one language, together with its phonological and grammatical structure.
From Internet software to data compression to multimedia, the computer experts note, Microsoft has acquired the basic intellectual property from outside the company and then refined and improved it.
Schnelle (1986) even claims that Fleck had acquired the basic information on the sociology of science from a popular paper published in Polish by Paweł Rybicki.
In contrast, the elephant shark seems to have already acquired the basic sets of chemokines and chemokine receptors that are common in extant vertebrates (Fig. 5).
Numbak learning centre, a large majority of the children were illiterate, but today, 70% of them have acquired the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic.
We will focus primarily on acquiring the basics of Latin grammar, morphology, and vocabulary and developing basic reading skills.
She recommends a minimal amount of daily instruction that is less focused on drills than acquiring the basics.
She began to toy with the idea of journalism – acquiring the basics of shorthand and typing at the London College of Printing – before studying history at King's College London.
A one of a kind book, that focuses on offering the reader the joy of acquiring the basics of IRT theory without delving into mathematical complexities.
In that minor masterpiece, A Question of Attribution, the real sympathy lies not with that Marxist aesthete Anthony Blunt, nor even with the shrewdly perceptive Queen, but with Blunt's modest interrogator, Chubb, who wants to acquire the basics of art appreciation.
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