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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

A conditional sentence

If I didn't know better, I'd say we saw different plays.

I know what this sentence means, but can someone translate it in an easier way please? Especially the "if" part.

LC
  

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g. Our opinions on/interpretations of the play are completely different and it amazes me but I do know (=I have proofs) we saw the same play.

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  • Our opinions on/interpretations of the play are completely different and it amazes me but I do know (=I have proofs) we saw the same play.
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E.g. Our opinions on/interpretations of the play are completely different and it amazes me but I do know (=I have proofs) we saw the same play.
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know better

Be able to recognize something as wrong or not possible, as in Mary
should know better than to leave her child alone in the house
, or Try
to get in without a ticket? You know better than that
. [c. 1700]

http://www.answers.com/topic/know-better

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