Been knowing vs Have known

[Smurfy]

Let me ask all you grammar buffs,

"They've been knowing the computer isn't working since this morning."

"They have known the computer isn't working since this morning."

Which one, if any, sounds incorrect to you?

50 cents for the first correct answer.



GO!!


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[jh1]

Both are... wtf? have know? have been knowing? isn't?

 

[redguru]

They knew.

 

[musclemom]

Let me ask all you grammar buffs,

"They've been knowing the computer isn't working since this morning."

"They have known the computer isn't working since this morning."

Which one, if any, sounds incorrect to you?

50 cents for the first correct answer.



GO!!


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"They've been knowing the computer isn't working since this morning."

Wrong.

Edit: Common colloquialism: "Assholes knew the fucking piece of shit was broken."

 

[heavy_duty]

in Canada

They have known the computer isn't working since this morning


but still not perfect

 

[nimbus]

they knew the computer hadn't been working since this morning

they know the computer hasn't been working since this morning

 

[heavy_duty]

We never say "been knowing" fuck that's just plain wrong like kissing your sister wrong