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The phrase "couldn't know" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used in spoken and written English to convey the idea that someone was unable to have knowledge or awareness about something. Here is an example: "I couldn't know that you were allergic to peanuts, otherwise I wouldn't have served you that dish." In this sentence, the speaker is expressing that they did not have knowledge about the other person's allergy and it was not their intention to harm them.
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The blind man couldn't know.
We couldn't know.
" "It's O.K.," I said, "you couldn't know.
They couldn't know where they really were".
And he had another condition: his brother Billy couldn't know.
Until I went to Mayo, I couldn't know for sure.
Emma couldn't know, or care, who my friends were.
I couldn't know that the worst was yet to come.
'But you couldn't know that at the time.
She couldn't know based on the data she had.
Without measurement, parents who did try new things couldn't know whether they were helpful.
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