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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
- Why do we say he doesnt know him from Adam?
The idiom don’t know someone from Adam also means that the speaker is not acquainted with the person, and the phrase seems to be older than the idiom don’t know someone from Adam’s off ox The adding of the expression off ox seems to have been a colorful emphasis tacked on to the phrase don’t know someone from Adam
- 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
- How to ask about ones availability? free available not busy?
It is far more conventional to say "let me know when you are busy" than "let me know when you are not busy" The negative is considered redundant, and they are understood to mean the same thing, i e they are both enquiring about availability Saying free or available rather than busy may be considered a more "positive" enquiry
- Usage of the phrase you dont know what you dont know
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 And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones
- single word requests - Describing not knowing what to do (as a . . .
When your trusted consultant says "I don't know what to do" during a critical incident, (s)he could actually be making the problem worse Also-- I answered the original question from a different (and I thought interesting) perspective; whether you like the answer is a different matter
- How to use you know - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Person B: Oh, you know it's complicated It can also mean "I think you should know" or "for your information" Examples: You know, if you don't shape up soon, I might be forced to fire you If you keep doing that, you'll catch a cold, you know It can also mean "come to think of it" when introducing a sentence: You know, that's really not a
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