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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
- 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
- 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'
- 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?
- subordinate clauses - I think know vs. I think know that - English . . .
I wonder when verbs like think or know are followed by that; I encountered both forms, is there a difference? For example, I know that he did it I know he did it Are the two sentences both
- Idiom phrase which means to pretend not to understand or know
Neither of these accurately reflect what the OP wants 'Fronting' is more likely to mean the person is is pretending to know more than they do Taking the piss - yes somebody pretending not to know something, could be described as 'taking the piss', but refers to people being untruthful in general, it's not specific to pretend ignorance
- meaning - how it is vs how is it how that is vs how is that - English . . .
Do you know how it is possible? He asked me how it was possible For yes no questions, we don't always invert them in informal speech: Are you going? (formal or informal) You're going? (informal) but when there is a question word (who, what, why, where, how etc ) that is not the subject, we always invert even in informal speech
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