Recently one of my friends told me that there is distinct difference between 'know of something' and 'know about something' expressions. 'know of' is used when you have personal experience with wha...

Dec 7, 2019 · If you know about a subject, you have studied it or taken an interest in it, and understand part or all of it. Hire someone with experience, someone who knows about real estate.

To know something is more long-term, perhaps after having realized it. The first definition for know is: to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty They sound similar, but in usage to realize something is more of an "aha!" moment, while knowing something can last far longer than that.

Mar 28, 2011 · Thus, "As far as I know, Bob is happy" over "Bob is happy, so far as I know". They are equivalent in meaning therefore, but choice of one over another betrays, for me, certain prejudices. I also sense that "so far as" sounds slightly antiquated and is losing ground.

No - I don't know what the 26th brightest star in the constellation of Rigel is called. That's a known unknown (to me). A question I know has an answer, which answer I do not know. But OP is saying that he doesn't know what the next snarl-up will be (but he's confident there will be a near-inexhaustible supply). He's trying to anticipate potential problems - unknown unknowns.

Jan 3, 2017 · The sentence I'm writing goes like this: As much as I love the pure sciences, I know now a well-rounded education is valuable. But the words "know" and "now" are so similar that every time I read...

Feb 29, 2016 · In The Lord of The Rings, Bilbo says the following to his assembled guests at his eleventy first birthday party: I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than hal...

Sep 18, 2017 · It would indeed generally depend on whether or not the first person was the subject or object of the verb, but your example brings forth another grammatical rule with the preposition "between" which always takes "me" after "and" when the first person is referred to. "Between you and me" is correct but "between you and I" and "between me and you" are not.

Can anyone give use cases and examples for Happen to know Came to know Got to know Came across I always gets confused in their uses.

May 26, 2019 · It's not just you that doesn't know. Now, according to owl.purdue.edu, we should use "doesn't" when the subject is singular (except when the subject is "you" or "I"), and "don't" otherwise. But in the example above, I am having a hard time figuring out what exactly the subject is and whether it is singular.