M Mike12345 Member Joined Feb 8, 2014 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Feb 24, 2017 #1 A You can't smoke here! B Sorry, __________ A I didn't know. B I don't know. Which one is correct? Thank you!:-D
A You can't smoke here! B Sorry, __________ A I didn't know. B I don't know. Which one is correct? Thank you!:-D
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Feb 24, 2017 #2 You're lucky this time, Mike. We normally expect students to make their own attempt first - giving a reason for their answer.
You're lucky this time, Mike. We normally expect students to make their own attempt first - giving a reason for their answer.
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Feb 24, 2017 #3 The speaker didn't know previously but already knows at the time of speaking.
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Feb 25, 2017 #4 Piscean said: I'm having one of my rare 'Be kind to people' days. Click to expand... How often do they occur? ;-)
Piscean said: I'm having one of my rare 'Be kind to people' days. Click to expand... How often do they occur? ;-)
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Feb 25, 2017 #5 Piscean said: I wouldn't use 'already' there. Click to expand... It can be 'used to emphasize that a situation or problem exists'──quoted from http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/already?q=already Piscean said: I'm having one of my rare 'Be kind to people' days. Click to expand... It sounds as if you are mean to people in other days.
Piscean said: I wouldn't use 'already' there. Click to expand... It can be 'used to emphasize that a situation or problem exists'──quoted from http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/already?q=already Piscean said: I'm having one of my rare 'Be kind to people' days. Click to expand... It sounds as if you are mean to people in other days.
teechar Moderator Staff member Joined Feb 18, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Iraq Current Location Iraq Feb 25, 2017 #6 Matthew Wai said: It sounds as if you are mean to people [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] on other days. Click to expand... .
Matthew Wai said: It sounds as if you are mean to people [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] on other days. Click to expand... .
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Feb 25, 2017 #7 http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/day?q=day I found 'in those days' above, so I used 'in' in my post. Piscean said: If you were using it in that way, the 'already' should have gone after the 'knows' Click to expand... What do you think about the millions of examples of 'already knows' at https://www.google.com/webhp?source...&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q="already+knows"&start=90&*
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/day?q=day I found 'in those days' above, so I used 'in' in my post. Piscean said: If you were using it in that way, the 'already' should have gone after the 'knows' Click to expand... What do you think about the millions of examples of 'already knows' at https://www.google.com/webhp?source...&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q="already+knows"&start=90&*
teechar Moderator Staff member Joined Feb 18, 2015 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Iraq Current Location Iraq Feb 25, 2017 #8 Matthew Wai said: http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/day?q=day I found 'in those days' above, so I used 'in' in my post. Click to expand... That's different. It refers to a period in the past, not to the individual days. Matthew Wai said: What do you think about the millions of examples of 'already knows' at https://www.google.com/webhp?source...&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q="already+knows"&start=90&* Click to expand... Of course "already knows" works and is perfectly natural, but not in your sentence in post #5. I would use "but has just found out" instead.
Matthew Wai said: http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/day?q=day I found 'in those days' above, so I used 'in' in my post. Click to expand... That's different. It refers to a period in the past, not to the individual days. Matthew Wai said: What do you think about the millions of examples of 'already knows' at https://www.google.com/webhp?source...&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q="already+knows"&start=90&* Click to expand... Of course "already knows" works and is perfectly natural, but not in your sentence in post #5. I would use "but has just found out" instead.