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25 January
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What is the difference between It’s stupid “you know” and It’s stupid “as you know” ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between It’s stupid “you know” and It’s stupid “as you know” ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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When people make a statement, then add on 'you know', it basically means 'I'm telling you this and you should believe me that it's true.' It's sort of a way to assist in convincing someone of something.
A: I'm not going to see 'Parasite'.
B: Really? It's an incredible movie, you know...
A: Oh, really? I didn't realize. I guess I'll go see it.
If you add on 'as you know' that is implying that you know that they know something already.
A: What will you eat for breakfast?
B: As you know, I'm going low carb, so probably just eggs. (A knew about B's low carb diet from previous conversation.)
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- English (US)
When people make a statement, then add on 'you know', it basically means 'I'm telling you this and you should believe me that it's true.' It's sort of a way to assist in convincing someone of something.
A: I'm not going to see 'Parasite'.
B: Really? It's an incredible movie, you know...
A: Oh, really? I didn't realize. I guess I'll go see it.
If you add on 'as you know' that is implying that you know that they know something already.
A: What will you eat for breakfast?
B: As you know, I'm going low carb, so probably just eggs. (A knew about B's low carb diet from previous conversation.)
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@Annie_James “you know”=“don’t you know?” (I think you should feel the same way) “as you know”= “I think that you already know this/agree with this” (It could be used to subtly suggest that they agree/learn about it!)
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