Spoken of/help

Spoken of/help
Message from parv posted on 31-05-2013 at 11:36:34 (D | E | F)
Hello,

I am reading a book . I read the sentence:
I have spoken of him before and I will again, not only because I admired him as a person , but because he taught me some of the greatest lessons in life. 
I just want to know , if I can use spoken to and why they used spoken of. 
Thanks.

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Edited by lucile83 on 31-05-2013 13:36
Please write I, not i.Thanks.

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Re: Spoken of/help from sherry48, posted on 31-05-2013 at 14:02:26 (D | E)
Hello.
'Spoken of' indicates speaking about someone, whereas 'spoken to' requires speaking (directly) with a person. So, the two are not interchangeable.
Sherry

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Re: Spoken of/help from gerondif, posted on 31-05-2013 at 14:57:24 (D | E)
Hello,
I have spoken of him = I have already described him = I have already told you things about him....

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