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Snappy Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

The meaning of "I should have known better"

Please tell me if the underlined "with" can be replaced with "about":
"I should have known better with a girl like you" (A Beatle song written by Lennon and McCartney)
Is it common to use "with" in this way? Do you ever say, for example, "I know with it" instead of "I know about it."?
  

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"I should have known better with a girl like you" Your underlining didn't come thru. Are you using Google Chrome? " I suppose some people might replace it with "about," but it sounds unnatural to me.

— Avangi

  • "I should have known better with a girl like you" Your underlining didn't come thru.
  • Are you using Google Chrome?
  • " I suppose some people might replace it with "about," but it sounds unnatural to me.
  • " Perhaps "with" and "about" may be interchanged in something like: The thing/trouble with/about this girl is that she has a terrible temper.
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"I should have known better with a girl like you"

Your underlining didn't come thru. Are you using Google Chrome?

In your example, I would only replace "with" with "in the case of."
I suppose some people might replace it with "about," but it sounds unnatural to me.

I suspect "I should have known better" is a
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Avangi"I should have known better with a girl like you"

Your underlining didn't come thru. Are you using Google Chrome?

In your example, I would only replace "with" with "in the case of."
I suppose some people might replace it with "about," but it sounds unnatural to me.

I suspect "I s
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I read the lyrics again, and had another question.
"I should have known better with a girl like you that I would love everything that you do."
This line can be paraphrased as "In the case of a girl like you, I should have known better that I would love everything that you do."
Does this mean that "I did not know that I would love everything that girls like you do."?
If yes,
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Actually, that particular line doesn't seem grammatical to me. Emotion: shake
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AvangiActually, that particular line doesn't seem grammatical to me.
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It works for me. However, it's casual. You should know better [when dealing] with etc.

The standard line is, "You should know better than to trust etc."

But since you address the "trust" issue earlier, there's no need to repeat it.
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