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"given to understand" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that you have been told something that you are expected to understand. For example, "I was given to understand that the meeting had been canceled."
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I was given to understand that this will never happen.
Nothing, we were given to understand by some speakers, would ever be the same again.
Some were given to understand that they were writing for the Observer.
We are given to understand that certain ex-CIA types are not happy with developments.
Specific attention is given to understand the effect of the oxide support.
Good story, of course, but I am given to understand, not true.
Adequate emphasis has been given to understand the yearn for development of Sub-Sampling PLLs.
(The self-care part of the scene, we're given to understand from the caption, is the spirallized potato).
Somehow, at some subliminal level, I had been given to understand that what I felt was not really appropriate.
'I was given to understand that you required a valet.' " Bertie says he would have preferred a mortician.
They are connoisseurs and creators, and their kind, we are given to understand, have supplied humanity's composers, artists and poets.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com