grant

1.grant可以有双宾语。例如：I shall grant him his request. 和We have been granted a holiday.

2.下面两句意思相同：

• Granted that he said so, he may not keep his promise.
• Granting that he said so, he may not keep his promise.

第一句里的Granted that...等于It being granted that...，第二句里的Granting是现在分词，习惯上不必修饰一定的某词。

3.take for granted（假定、把…看作当然）是习语，granted的前面可以看作省去了being，但决不可加入being。例如：to take nothing for granted（1.不把什么事物看作是当然的。2.不把任何事物看作没有问题。）

4.I take it for granted that they have arrived there already里的it用的多，不用的少。