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Kanephoenix Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

I know not what I do

Hi there,
Could someone explain me, "I know not what I do" , does it mean I don't know what I do?
Thanks so much. Emotion: smile
  

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Yes-- 'I don't know what I'm doing'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes-- 'I don't know what I'm doing'.
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Yes-- 'I don't know what I'm doing'.
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Thanks so much.
But why the structure is different. Could someone explain?
Thanks
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It is an old style, now literary and rhetorical.
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It's from an old translation of the Bible, which is why it's both widely referenced and archaic-sounding.

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
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