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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
As we know it
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The building as we know it [=as it exists now] is quite different from how it looked when it was first built.
Can we say "as one knows it" instead of "as we know it"?
The building as we know it [=as it exists now] is quite different from how it looked when it was first built.
Can we say "as one knows it" instead of "as we know it"?
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We can in theory, but we don't. The Corpus of Contemporary American English has 1,024 citations for 'as we know it' and only one for 'as one knows it'.
- We can in theory, but we don't.
- The Corpus of Contemporary American English has 1,024 citations for 'as we know it' and only one for 'as one knows it'.
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We can in theory, but we don't. The Corpus of Contemporary American English has 1,024 citations for 'as we know it' and only one for 'as one knows it'.
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Thank you, fivejedjon.
Would it be possible to say "The world today is ..." instead of "The world as we know it is ..."?
Would it be possible to say "The world today is ..." instead of "The world as we know it is ..."?
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HUBLOTThank you, fivejedjon.Would it be possible to say "The world today is ..." instead of "The world as we know it is ..."?Sometimes, but a lot depends on context.
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