Yun
Knowing or having known
When writing a letter, I have a dilemma about using “ knowing that you are conducting a research, I am writing to give you some related information.” or “having known that you are conducting a research, I am writing to give you some related information.” Which one is correct? Thank you in advance.
2020년 6월 18일 오전 2:03
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Hi Yun, the first option is best in this case as the tenses match — "knowing" and "writing" — verses the passive past tense of the second option.
2020년 6월 18일
The first one is the best.
To put it in simple English,
"having known" is used when you are talking about something in the past. For example, "YESTERDAY, having known that she would be here at 6:00 AM, I left the house a bit earlier."
"knowing X, Y" means "at this time I know that X is the case, therefore Y"
I hope that helps ^_^
2020년 6월 18일
(Responded in the wrong area.)
2020년 6월 18일
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