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Re: Weekly Vocab 6: to know

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 7, 2003, 19:44
> On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 01:09:42PM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote: > I haven't run across many [natlangs which] distinguish > "to know a fact" from "to know how to do something".
Okay, that was clearly sampling error - coupled with my faulty memory of German, which I actually did study briefly. :) So I wonder why I felt that was a significant distinction, when neither my L1 nor L2 make it. :) -Mark