According to DICTIONARY.CAMBRIDGE.ORG: KNOW OF SOMEBODY: "to have heard of someone or something and be able to give a small amount of information about them" KNOW SOMEBODY: "to have information about somebody" or "to be familiar with somebody"
Best, P. 2006/8/23, ohlala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Everybody knew him, or knew of him. how to distinguish "know somebody" > and "know of somebody"? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Correct my English" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/correct-my-english -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
