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- Know about vs. know of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
To me it seems like 'know about' is used in every situation and the use of 'know of' is mostly limited to 'not that I know of' expression Short google search seems to support my point of view, there are articles named '10 things I know about journalism' where person is speaking from the experience and not that many encounters of 'know of
- whats the difference between I know. and I know that. ?
In dialog, you would usually say "I know that" as a simple statement "I know" would be accompanied either by a gesture such as holding up your hand with the palm toward the other person to signify that he doesn't need to say any more, or by significant stress on the words to send the same message This may not apply outside the US
- Should I use did you know or do you know to introduce a fact?
I think 'did you know' is used to represent past facts Eg:'Did you know that some dinosaurs’ tails were over 45 feet long?',whereas "Do you know' is used to represent present future facts Eg:"Do you know that some stars produce the same enrgy in six seconds as the sun does in a year?"However, I would go with 'Did you know'
- How do you handle that that? The double that problem
"I know that it is true" becomes "I know it is true " I simply omit the word "that" and it still works "That that is true" becomes "That which is true" or simply, "The truth " I do this not because it is grammatically incorrect, but because it is more aesthetically pleasing The overuse of the word "that" is a hallmark of lazy speech
- word choice - Could you please vs Could you kindly - English . . .
I am a non-native speaker of English When communicating with a professor, would it be better to use could you kindly send me the document or could you please send me the document?
- Difference between at and in when specifying location
I am used to saying "I am in India " But somewhere I saw it said "I am at Puri (Oriisa)" I would like to know the differences between "in" and "at" in the above two sentences
- meaning - Known unknown vs. unknown known - English Language . . .
We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know "Known unknown" implies there are things we know we don't know, while "unknown known" could imply things we know but don't yet realize the value
- meaning - Does Who knows need a question mark? - English Language . . .
Although "who knows" is almost as an expression for giving sense however, expressions can be statements, orders, and questions, so does the expression: "who knows" need a question mark?
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