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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Would you help me. In this sentence. What is meaning of this sentence """ I know the man to be him"
  

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"the man" refers to a person previously mentioned. "him" refers to another person previously mentioned. The sentence is saying that you know these two are the same person.

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  • "the man" refers to a person previously mentioned.
  • "him" refers to another person previously mentioned.
  • The sentence is saying that you know these two are the same person.
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"the man" refers to a person previously mentioned. "him" refers to another person previously mentioned. The sentence is saying that you know these two are the same person.
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AnonymousI know the man to be him.
= I know that he is the man, e.g., the man we were talking about, or the man I described previously, or the man who stole the money, or ...

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