{"id":72359,"date":"2019-09-22T10:28:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T10:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72359"},"modified":"2019-09-22T10:28:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T10:28:02","slug":"know-know-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/know-know-how-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Know | Know How To"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Know<\/b> cannot be followed directly by an infinitive. We use the structure know how to.<\/b><\/p>\n
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  • I know how to make <\/b>French fries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In a formal style, know <\/b>is occasionally followed by object + infinitive.<\/b><\/p>\n

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    • I knew him to be <\/b>an honest man.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      However, this is unusual; that-clauses <\/b>are generally more natural.<\/p>\n

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      • I knew that <\/b>he was an honest man.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Tenses<\/h3>\n

        Know<\/b> cannot normally be used in the progressive form.<\/p>\n

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        • I know <\/b>what you mean. (NOT I am knowing —)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Know and know about\/of<\/h3>\n

          Know + object<\/b> is used mainly to talk about knowledge that comes through direct personal experience. In other cases, we normally use know about\/of, have heard of <\/b>or another structure.<\/p>\n

          Compare:<\/p>\n

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          • \u2018Do you know<\/b> my brother?\u2019 \u2018No, I have never met him.\u2019<\/li>\n
          • We all know about <\/b>Albert Einstein. (NOT We all know Albert Einstein.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            I know and I know it<\/h3>\n

            I know <\/b>refers to facts – it could be completed by a that-clause.<\/b><\/p>\n

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            • \u2018You are late.\u2019 \u2018I know. <\/b>\u2019 (= I know that I am late.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              I know it<\/b> refers to things – it replaces a noun.<\/p>\n

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              • \u2018We went to a nice restaurant called Fire and Ice last night.\u2019 \u2018I know it. <\/b>\u2019 (= I have heard of that restaurant.)<\/li>\n
              • \u2018We went to a nice restaurant called Fire and Ice last night.\u2019 \u2018I know.<\/b>\u2019 (=I know that you went to that restaurant.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Know cannot be followed directly by an infinitive. We use the structure know how to. I know how to make French fries. In a formal style, know is occasionally followed by object + infinitive....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[1572,1573],"class_list":["post-72359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-know","tag-know-how-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72360,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72359\/revisions\/72360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}