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- Dictionarywell known/ˌwel ˈnōn/
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- 1. known widely or thoroughly: "a well-known television personality" Similar Opposite
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Jul 1, 2010 · English - UK. Jul 1, 2010. #2. A typical use of the hyphenated version is "well-known person". It is also written as "well known person". On the other hand I cannot remember seeing a hyphen being used used in a sentence such as "It is well known that drink-driving is dangerous." Google shows lots of examples of both orthographies, correct or ...
Jun 19, 2014 · English - Australia. Jun 19, 2014. #3. One way of putting it is that 'known as' is used to provide an alternative name for something or someone (In the US, jam is known as jelly) or to describe the reason why someone or something is well known (John is known as the best crocodile hunter around). 'Known to be' is used to describe a fact about ...
Dec 4, 2017 · Dec 5, 2017. #6. No, C is using "know her well" as if it was an action, that happened (or hadn't happened) at some time before your decision to not invite her. "Know her well" is not an action, that happens at a time. For that we use "getting to know her". That phrase describes the transition from "not knowing her well" to "knowing her well ...
Nov 29, 2011 · I'm wondering if inserting "well" after "know" is idiomatic if it was a negative sentence, i.e. "I don't know well how to make pancakes". Unlike the positive sentence version, I don't think omitting "well" works, because "I don't know how to make pancakes" would mean you don't know it at all, which isn't the intended
Jan 29, 2008 · spanish. Jan 29, 2008. #1. hello, which is the superlative of well-known (conocido)? the most well-known. or is. the best-known. thanks! E.
Jan 27, 2016 · I'm trying to look for a word for the quality of being well-known. It should be neutral without any inherent positive or negative connotations or denotations. So far, the words I've come up with Fame, Renown, Popularity and Notoriety. Unfortunately, the first three have a strongly positive meaning (i.e Fame even has the complementary 'Infamy').
Feb 15, 2011 · Puerto Rico (San Juan) English (American) Feb 15, 2011. #5. "It has been well known" is grammatically correct; it implies that at some point in the past it was known and continues to be known into the present. It's the same as "It's well known", so back to my original post, what about. "es bien conocido." I'm really bad with the use of "se" as ...
Oct 11, 2013 · California; Princeton, NJ. English (American). Oct 11, 2013. #4. "Well" is a kind of intensifier, so it can precede a variety of terms, often neutral or positive, e.g. "a well-worn path." This means, "worn a lot" or "much worn [walked on]." "His award was well deserved" means 'much deserved.'. Note that 'well' is often not adding or affecting ...
May 13, 2017 · Thanks in advance. They are both correct sentences. The it in the first sentence, as well as the second it in the second sentence, refers to something already present in the context. The it at the beginning of the second sentence, however, does not. "It is well known that it is very difficult" means " (The fact) that it is very difficult is ...
Dec 23, 2015 · Dec 23, 2015. #13. Donald Trump said: Claiming a candidate getting “schlonged” is “a commonly used word in politics,” Trump refused to back down. As a child I was told that "schlong" was not to be used in polite society. I guess politics is not polite society. But "schlong" was always a noun. A vulgar slang word for "penis".
