that I don't know about

[navi tasan]

Is this correct:

1) Who else have you been talking to that I don't know about? My own lawyer?

Obviously, I know my lawyer and I know about him. But I don't know that you've been talking to her or him.

 

[Tarheel]

It's possible. It depends on context.

 

[teechar]

Is this correct?

Yes. it's possible.

I don't know that you've been talking to her or him.

That's what it means.

 

[Tarheel]

@navi tasan
Perhaps:

Who have you been talking to ______ ___ _____? Have you you talking to my lawyer?

What goes in the blanks?

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you all very much,

'Without me knowing about it'? 'Without telling me'?
Or, 'that I don't know of'?
Or, 'that I don't know about'?

 

[probus]

"That I don't know of" strikes ne as unnatural in that context.

 

[Tarheel]

@navi tasan Have you figured out the answer to the question in post #4?

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you very much, Probus, and Tarheel,

I wrote all the solutions I could come up with in post #5.


'Without me knowing about it'?
'Without telling me'?
Or, 'that I don't know of'?
Or, 'that I don't know about'?

Probus said that 'I don't know of' is unnatural in that context.

 

[Tarheel]

Who have you been talking to behind my back?

@navi tasan Your answers are good too except for one. (It's a close call.)

 

[emsr2d2]

I see no reason for "that/who I don't know about/of?" or anything similar. The fact that the person is asking "Who have you ..." makes it clear they don't know!

Who else have you been talking to? My lawyer?

 

[probus]

"Behind my back" is a very commonly used idiomatic expression that could be substituted for the unnatural "that I don't know about".