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Could anyone clear my doubt. I am very confused when to use KNOW and KNEW.

Suppose if there is a conversation between two people. A is introducing his new friend C to B.

A: Let me introduce my friend. He is XXXX. B: I know(or KNEW?) him already before you even knew(or know? or had known?) him.

Anyone please correct the sentence.

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    Most native speakers wouldn't get bogged down in the possibility of a past perfect, because they wouldn't even bother to use the verb twice. I knew him [even] before you [did].
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 16:34

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There is a difference in tense. Know is in the present-tense, while knew is in the past-tense. So in both instances of your sentence, you should use knew because both Person A and Person B knew XXXX before the conversation.

Let me introduce my friend. He is XXXX. B: I knew him already before you knew him.

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