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<font size=4>Dear Dieter: <br>
<br>
We certainly can. We can even arrange to eat dinner
together. Please provide me your hotel information when you have it.
<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Sali.<br>
<br>
</font><font size=3>At 04:21 AM 6/10/2001 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Benjamin Barrett
wrote:<br>
<br>
> I've been wondering for some time if there's been a change in
the<br>
> way questions are answered.<br>
><br>
> A: Did you know that there is a leap day in the year 2000?<br>
> B: Yes, I know it/that.<br>
><br>
> To me, only "that" is correct in this context, but I hear
older<br>
> speakers use "it."<br>
><br>
> To me, "I know it" has a slightly different intonation and
means "I<br>
> agree with you" or "I know what you're talking
about."<br>
><br>
> Has anyone else noticed this?<br>
<br>
I remember when I was a child noticing the "I know it"
construction in<br>
at least one book and being very puzzled by it (children's fiction --
I'm<br>
fairly certain it was one of the Judy Blume books, possibly _Tales<br>
of a Fourth Grade Nothing_). I was puzzled because, for me, it
would have<br>
to be "I know that", and it was difficult for me to imagine
someone saying<br>
"I know it" instead.<br>
<br>
I now recognize the distinction you give, though I'm not sure I'd
use<br>
that modern "I know it" myself; this is not, however, how
"I<br>
know it" was used in the Blume book or whatever it
was.</font></blockquote><br>
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