Post #19405

#common_mistakes ⚜Become⚜ 😨 Eventually I became to like Singapore.✖️ 😇Eventually I came to like Singapore.✔️ 🔮Become means 'start to be' and is followed by an adjective or noun (NOT a verb): ➖'We didn't meet again until after she had become famous.' ➖'Brunei became an independent member of the Commonwealth in 1984.' 🔮When talking about a gradual change in the way a person feels or thinks about someone or something, use come / grow + to-v (NOT become): ➖'Although she had come to dislike her boss, she tried not to let it show.' ➖'As the months passed, I actually grew to enjoy his company.'