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🔤 Grammar Tip: Will You Attain or Obtain Your Dream Job?

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Attain and obtain have the same ending, and they both mean to get something.  Attain is a verb that means to get an achievement. For example, “After a lot of hard work, she attained her dream of being able to speak 7 languages.”

Obtain is also a verb. It means to get possession of something. For example, “The men obtained the tools they needed to cut down the tree.”

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