Sentence examples for the knows from inspiring English sources
verb
To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.
- I know that I’m right and you’re wrong.
(Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7, lecture 3, paragraph 1352) The point Aquinas is making is that the incontinent man possesses the knowledge of what he should do, but he is driven by the passion he has for a particular; this passion leads him to act contrary to what the knows (habitually) should not be done.
Michael Erard, author of "Um... Slips, Stumbles and Verbal Blunders and What They Mean" (that title has too many ands; he mistitled), differentiates the "doesn't know better" errors due to ignorance, failures of attention or knowledge from the "knows better" errors (which you would correct if given the chance to revise).
The MCQ exams are mostly composed of type A questions aimed at assessing the "knows how" level of Miller's pyramid.
Ask: What are the known facts?
Next, the known unknowns.
"We complied with all the known laws.
