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User_gary Posted 13 years ago
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Difference between didn't know that/wouldn't know that

I have always heard about "I didn't know that" or "I don't know that" but I'm not sure when we say "I wouldn't know that".

I just came across it in a movie.
  

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User_gary "I wouldn't know that". It's a sort of hypothetical. ) "I wouldn't have known that" might be said when another person has correctly answered a difficult question posed on a quiz show.

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  • User_gary "I wouldn't know that".
  • It's a sort of hypothetical.
  • ) "I wouldn't have known that" might be said when another person has correctly answered a difficult question posed on a quiz show.
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User_gary"I wouldn't know that".
It's a sort of hypothetical. (Also, "I wouldn't have known that.)

I often hear "I wouldn't know that," or "I wouldn't know" in reply to a question about something "off limits," or something about a "forbidden topic."

I also hear it in reply to a question which is "beyond my level of expertise." (I shouldn't
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