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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
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Can someone please explain why this is wrong:
We have been knowing each other for more than 10 years.

I know what it should be, but can't quite figure out how to explain to a friend of mine exactly why it is wrong. Cheers.
  

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[nq:1]Can someone please explain why this is wrong: We have been knowing each other for more than 10 years. I know what it should be, but can't quite figure out how to explain to a friend of mine exactly why it is wrong. [/nq] Can we rule out the biblical sense of "knowing" here?

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  • [nq:1]Can someone please explain why this is wrong: We have been knowing each other for more than 10 years.
  • I know what it should be, but can't quite figure out how to explain to a friend of mine exactly why it is wrong.
  • [/nq] Can we rule out the biblical sense of "knowing" here?
  • " and "How can I explain it to my friend" much easier to answer.
  • Michael West Melbourne, Australia
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[nq:1]Can someone please explain why this is wrong: We have been knowing each other for more than 10 years. I know what it should be, but can't quite figure out how to explain to a friend of mine exactly why it is wrong. Cheers.[/nq]
Can we rule out the biblical sense of "knowing" here? I hope so, because it will make questions like
"Why is it wrong?" and "How can I explain it to my
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[nq:1]Can someone please explain why this is wrong: We have been knowing each other for more than 10 years. I know what it should be, but can't quite figure out how to explain to a friend of mine exactly why it is wrong. Cheers.[/nq]
See Genesis 4, 25 (King James Version)

CWAM
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[nq:1]Can someone please explain why this is wrong: We have been knowing each other for more than 10 years. I know what it should be, but can't quite figure out how to explain to a friend of mine exactly why it is wrong. Cheers.[/nq]
It's ok if you mean "know" in the sense of carnal knowledge. Then it would mean the same as "We have been *** each other for more than 10 years".

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[nq:2]Can someone please explain why this is wrong: We have ... a friend of mine exactly why it is wrong. Cheers.[/nq]
[nq:1]See Genesis 4, 25 (King James Version) CWAMNot sure how this happened - I thought I had sent it 11 months ago! [/nq]
CWAM
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[nq:2]See Genesis 4, 25 (King James Version) CWAM[/nq]
[nq:1]Not sure how this happened - I thought I had sent it 11 months ago![/nq]
You did.

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:2]Not sure how this happened - I thought I had sent it 11 months ago![/nq]
[nq:1]You did.[/nq]
And I believe I (among others) answered it.

Don Aitken
Mail to the addresses given in the headers is no longer being read. To mail me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com".
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[nq:2]You did.[/nq]
[nq:1]And I believe I (among others) answered it.[/nq]
Well, this is the time of reruns.
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[nq:1]Not sure how this happened - I thought I had sent it 11 months ago![/nq]
Past imperfect?

John W Hall (Email Removed)
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
"Helping People Prosper in the Information Age"
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[nq:2]Not sure how this happened - I thought I had sent it 11 months ago![/nq]
[nq:1]Past imperfect?[/nq]
Rememberance of things past.
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