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 #2 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2009 13:39 pm Usage of "I have always known" |
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Yes, but it carries that knowledge into the past. 'Know' in your 2nd sentence refers only to the present.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2009 13:52 pm Usage of "I have always known" |
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Yes, but it carries that knowledge into the past. 'Know' in your 2nd sentence refers only to the present.
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Hi Micawber,
Thanks a lot for the quick reply.
So the difference is..the first statement implies that it is true in the past, present and may be in future(present perfect) where as the second one is true only in present and may not be true either in past or future? Did i get it right?
Another question on my second sentence....Doesn't 'know' in my second sentence refer to common truth as in simple present?
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2009 23:38 pm Usage of "I have always known" |
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The first statement says you know now and you knew in the past. The second statement says that you know now. No other information is imparted.
'Common truth'-- I presume you mean 'universal truth'-- is irrelevant here. Universal truth is, for instance, 'Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade'.
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