pructus
New member
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2010
- Member Type
- Academic
- Native Language
- Korean
- Home Country
- South Korea
- Current Location
- South Korea
There was once a beggar who had tried many ways to get money. At last he thought he would pretend to be dumb. Now one day a gentleman who had known the beggar by sight passed by. He went up to the beggar and asked him suddenly :“How long have you been dumb?” The beggar was taken by surprise and quite forgot that he was ‘dumb.’ He answered quickly :“Oh, ever since I was born,sir.”
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The underlined part, how about "knew the beggar by sight"? Is it also allowable? Or does it have to be "knew" to be grammatically correct?
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The underlined part, how about "knew the beggar by sight"? Is it also allowable? Or does it have to be "knew" to be grammatically correct?