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Jungelbobo Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is "I knew just now" a correct use to indicate something you realised moments ago?

For example: I knew just now the store is closed so now I don't know where to get my stuff.

Is the above correct?
  

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It's not an idiom I'm familiar with. "

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It's not an idiom I'm familiar with.

I would say "I just found out..."
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Or, you could also say 'I just came to know...'.

The stative verb 'know' expresses a 'state', not an 'action' of knowing something. So, in order to express the idea that the 'action' of knowing something happened, you could say either '... just found out (that)...' or '... just came to know (that)... '.
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Or you could say I just learned that . . .
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Or It just occurred to me that …
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No.
Occur deals more with thoughts that appear in your mind without outside influence.
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"It just occurred to me that..." appears to be equivalent to "It just came to/into my mind that...".
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How about just, 'Dang, the store's closed!' The word 'dang' implies you are frustrated because you don't know where else to go, while, 'Oh, the store's closed!' implies you know where else to find things.

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Would it any less wrong if I am describing the action of knowing in other context?
like this tweet I found:
I knew just now, the author who wrote a book that taught me basic knowledge of algorithm sat near of me. Really amazing!
https://twitter.com/kaztak_en/status/2775480285528473
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