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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

I thought

0What's the difference between "I thought I knew" and " I thought I know"?02br
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00I was told that the verb following "I thougt" must be past tense.02br
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00(Goodman, hope you don't mind me using your words. I don't mean to pick on you, 02br
00just trying to learn from your posts and any other gurus' here. Maybe you could reply to this)02br
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00Thanks in advance.0-
  

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0Hi New2grammar02br 02br 00It should be 01i 00I thought I knew. )0-

— Yoong Liat

  • 0Hi New2grammar02br 02br 00It should be 01i 00I thought I knew.
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0Hi New2grammar02br
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00It should be 01i00I thought I knew. 02i02br
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01i00I think I know the answer.02i02br
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01i00I didn't know you were here.02i00 (You are surprised to see that person at that place.)0-
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0Thanks YoongLiat for confirming that. 02br
00Come to think of it, it could have been just a typo. Afterall,02br
00the difference is only one letter. I've made more severe typos.02br
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00The bottom line is, a learner (even for me) may have a hard time deciding if it's a singular or plural verb agreement, even though I thought I know!0-
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0Hi,02br
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00I think there is more to it than it just being a typo.02br
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00I think you can use 'I thought I knew' and 'I thought I know' under different circumstances. I think with 'I thought I know', the event and knowing is more current and up-to-date... and related to the current situation. Whereas, with 'I thought I knew', the event and his/her
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0Actually, I didn't think I was a typo either so I created this thread.02br
00But after YL replied, it thought it could have been a typo since the difference is only one02br
00character. Well, I guess we need more confirmation. Maybe it's matter of style. It could be02br
00grammatically incorrect but idiomatic to native speakers. I don't know. We'll see.0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite12br
11b10What's the difference between "I thought I knew" and " I thought I know"?12b12br
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11b10I was told that the verb following "I thought" must be past tense.12b12br
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10Could a native speaker please re
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0 I'm not a native speaker but I am pretty sure the version with the present tense "I though I know" sounds quite odd. You could hear something similar when "I know" is reported as direct speech, or is not really linked to "I thought":02br
01i00There was this girl, you know, and... like, I thought, "I know her... I'm pretty sure I know her", you know, I had that weird feeling.
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0Hi Kooyeen02br
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00I agree with you completely, and the following example is excellent.02br
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01b01i00Oh, so you are American? I thought you were Canadian! I didn't know you were from Florida.02i02b02br
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00However, New2grammar and Believer are not convinced that I've provided them with the correc
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10What's the difference between "I thought I knew" and " I thought I know"?12br
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10I was told that the verb following "I thoug11font10h12font10t" must be past tense.12br
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10 Kooyeen has the answer:01blo
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0Many thanks, CJ,, for your authoritative reply. Now New2grammar and Believer should be glad that they have got out of their maze.0-
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