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Sasha Yudaev Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

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Is there any difference between "to be aware of/about" and "to know of/about" ?

And is this right to say "To pour some water in the cup"?
  

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Sasha Yudaev to be aware of/about 'Aware about' is not standard usage. Sasha Yudaev to know of/about 'About' involves more information; 'know of' just refers to cognizance of existence. Sasha Yudaev And is this right to say "To pour some water in the cup"?

— Mister Micawber

  • Sasha Yudaev to be aware of/about 'Aware about' is not standard usage.
  • Sasha Yudaev to know of/about 'About' involves more information; 'know of' just refers to cognizance of existence.
  • Sasha Yudaev And is this right to say "To pour some water in the cup"?
  • It is fine and common, though purists will insist on 'into' as the proper preposition of motion or direction.
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Sasha Yudaevto be aware of/about
'Aware about' is not standard usage.
Sasha Yudaevto know of/about
'About' involves more information; 'know of' just refers to cognizance of existence.
Sasha YudaevAnd is this right to say "To pour some water in the cup"?
It is fine and common, though purist
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If its no bother, set a couple of examples about know of/about and be aware
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Sasha Yudaevno bother, set a couple of examples about know of/about and be aware
You can do this sort of thing for yourself by using a corpus such as COCA ( http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/ ) or BNC ( http://www.nat
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