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Scarf chalk 395 Posted 8 years ago
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"I thought I knew you" versus "I thought I know you"
"I thought I knew you" OR "I thought I know you"?
Perhaps I'm at a party and want to go up to someone to ask that question. Maybe that person claims they don't know me. But I insist I really do know them and say, "I thought I know you." (So I still think I know them...)
In this case, is "I thought I know you," okay?
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scarf chalk 395 In this case, is "I thought I know you," okay? No. That sentence is virtually never OK.
- scarf chalk 395 In this case, is "I thought I know you," okay?
- No.
- That sentence is virtually never OK.
- After 'thought' and 'knew' we use the past tense.
- It's really amazing how many students are desperate to find someone who will say the present tense is OK in those situations.
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scarf chalk 395In this case, is "I thought I know you," okay?
No. That sentence is virtually never OK.
After 'thought' and 'knew' we use the past tense.
It's really amazing how many students are desperate to find someone who will say the present tense is OK in those situations.
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