{"id":4574,"date":"2011-07-12T14:55:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T14:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=4574"},"modified":"2018-02-28T19:21:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T00:21:47","slug":"common-errors-in-english-meet-and-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-meet-and-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Errors in English: Meet and Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Don\u2019t say:<\/span> \u201cI knew him last year.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Say:<\/span> \u201cI met him last year.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Meet<\/strong> has two meanings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you have <strong>first contact<\/strong> with a person<br \/>\n(\u201cI met him last year\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>When you <strong>will encounter someone<\/strong> you already know. In this case, we often use \u201cmeet\u00a0with\u201d or \u201cmeet up with.\u201d<br \/>\n(\u201cI\u2019m meeting up with some friends at the bar after work.\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Know<\/strong> has two different meanings\/uses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With knowledge and skills in general<br \/>\n(\u201cHe knows everything about computers.\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>With knowing people <strong>in general<\/strong><br \/>\n(\u201cDo you know Janet? She\u2019s in the advanced English\u00a0class.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cNo, I don\u2019t think I know her.\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do not use\u00a0<strong>know\u00a0<\/strong>for the first time you have contact with a person.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Clear up your doubts about confusing words&#8230; and use English more confidently!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/600-confusing-english-words-explained-e-book\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/600-confusing-words-226x300.png\" alt=\"600+ Confusing English Words Explained\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/600-confusing-words-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/600-confusing-words-772x1024.png 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/600-confusing-english-words-explained-e-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to learn more about this e-book<\/strong><\/a><\/center><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t say: \u201cI knew him last year.\u201d Say: \u201cI met him last year.\u201d Meet has two meanings: When you have first contact with a person (\u201cI met him last year\u201d) When you will encounter someone you already know. In this case, we often use \u201cmeet\u00a0with\u201d or \u201cmeet up with.\u201d (\u201cI\u2019m meeting up with some friends [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[142,13,86],"class_list":["post-4574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-confusing-words-2","tag-common-errors-in-english","tag-confusing-words","tag-english-grammar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Common Errors in English: Meet and Know - Espresso English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Don\u2019t say: \u201cI knew him last year.\u201d Say: \u201cI met him last year.\u201d Meet has two meanings: When you have first contact with a person (\u201cI met him last year\u201d)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-meet-and-know\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Common Errors in English: Meet and Know\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Don\u2019t say: \u201cI knew him last year.\u201d Say: \u201cI met him last year.\u201d Meet has two meanings: When you have first contact with a person (\u201cI met him last year\u201d)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-meet-and-know\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Espresso English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-07-12T14:55:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-01T00:21:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/600-confusing-words-226x300.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shayna Oliveira\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shayna Oliveira\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-meet-and-know\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-meet-and-know\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shayna Oliveira\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#\/schema\/person\/b92f17848e26e2ccdb617df724d13300\"},\"headline\":\"Common Errors in English: Meet and Know\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-12T14:55:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-01T00:21:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-meet-and-know\/\"},\"wordCount\":145,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-meet-and-know\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/600-confusing-words-226x300.png\",\"keywords\":[\"common errors in english\",\"confusing words\",\"english grammar\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Confusing Words\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-meet-and-know\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-meet-and-know\/\",\"name\":\"Common Errors in English: Meet and Know - 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