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Allifathima · #1 (permalink) Mon Feb 13, 2012 15:26 pm *know of*

1. I know of what I am capable.
Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Can I say : "I know about what I am capable." for it?

Pooran · #2 (permalink) Mon Feb 13, 2012 15:52 pm *Re: know of*

more probably,
I know what I am capable of.

Dozy · #3 (permalink) Mon Feb 13, 2012 15:55 pm *know of*

"I know of what I am capable" is technically correct, but it sounds formal almost to the point of being strained. In everyday English you would say "I know what I am capable of". Note that the "rule" about not ending a sentence with a preposition is largely discredited.

"I know about what I am capable" is not correct. You cannot be capable "about" something.

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