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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Differently or different
On a show "You know different because" but should it not be differently? I know one wouldn't phrase it like that but should it not be differently?
He thought they worked solo, but they don't. They work in pairs.
You know different because?
You know differently because?
And could you say it differently and still use the word "differently"?
Thank you
He thought they worked solo, but they don't. They work in pairs.
You know different because?
You know differently because?
And could you say it differently and still use the word "differently"?
Thank you
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"You know differently" is perhaps more grammatically correct but many people say "you know different", using an adjective instead of an adverb. Compare "you should know better".
- "You know differently" is perhaps more grammatically correct but many people say "you know different", using an adjective instead of an adverb.
- Compare "you should know better".
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"You know differently" is perhaps more grammatically correct but many people say "you know different", using an adjective instead of an adverb. Compare "you should know better".
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Both constructions are correct. They just have different meanings. If you "know different", you have knowledge that the proposition in question is incorrect. If you "know differently", you come to that knowledge in a different way, perhaps through consulting an encyclopedia instead of recalling a school lesson, as an example.
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Anon nailed it. To know "differently" means the mechanism of your ability to know differs from other people's.
Like "thinks differently". Adverbs adjudicate how and how well you perform the action indicated by the verb.
If you want to say you understand that someone's wrong, you'd use the adjective - "you know different"
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