Timeline for "I knew him for..." or "I had known him for..."?
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| May 18, 2020 at 5:11 | comment | added | HeWhoMustBeNamed | I don't see why you'd expect Mr. Brown to die after 15 minutes; can't the narrator say "I knew Mr. Brown for exactly 15 minutes" if he never once met Mr. Brown again after that? | |
| Nov 11, 2012 at 17:39 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | haha I like your expectations! I knew there was something amiss (still do know, actually). The fact of the matter is you can't really talk about "knowing" someone for 15 minutes unless there's something really odd preventing you from knowing him for at least a bit longer. The mere fact of him leaving probably isn't enough - unless he upped and died, you'd probably still think you "knew" him 16 minutes after you first met. | |
| Nov 11, 2012 at 17:32 | history | answered | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 3.0 |