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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Do they both mean the same?

Do you have any idea when they will open?

Do you know when they will open?

thanks.

  

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anonymous Do they both mean the same? Yes. There are only very fine points of difference.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Do they both mean the same?
  • Yes.
  • There are only very fine points of difference.
  • The first shows that the speaker may think that the listener may not know or may have difficulty remembering the answer.
  • The second is purely neutral.
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anonymousDo they both mean the same?

Yes. There are only very fine points of difference. The first shows that the speaker may think that the listener may not know or may have difficulty remembering the answer. The second is purely neutral.

CJ

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