Recently one of my friends told me that there is distinct difference between 'know of something' and 'know about something' expressions. 'know of' is used when you have personal experience with wha...
"Know about" vs. "know of" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Examples: I know (about) this difficulty/problem. I know (about) Engineering. In the first sentence, it seems to me that "to know" expresses that the speaker experienced the problem/difficulty before while "to know about" only expresses that the speaker has heard or read about it.
to know vs to know about - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Why do you think that He doesn't know him from his schooldays means that he does know him? It would only have that sense if you added something like In fact, he first met him at university.
Earth is the only planet we know of where life exists. This sentence is from the commentary of Planet Earth. Why it is know of in this sentence? Can it be know about？ What’s the difference bet...
“know of” vs “know about” - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Know in (1) refers to the clause that comes right before it, so there's no pronoun necessary -- it's essentially a transform of I know it's your job. In (2), however, the object of know is not indicated, as you point out, so something must be provided.
The sentence I'm writing goes like this: As much as I love the pure sciences, I know now a well-rounded education is valuable. But the words "know" and "now" are so similar that every time I read...