What's difference between "know" and "know of". There is a phrase: "Does anyone know of a good site?". As I know, I can say simply "Does anyone know a good site?". But are there any differences between these two variants?
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What's difference between "know" and "know of". There is a phrase: "Does anyone know of a good site?". As I know, I can say simply "Does anyone know a good site?". But are there any differences between these two variants?
Not much difference, if any.
I will take a wild attempt:
If you know a good site, that means you personally know it.
If you know of a good site, that means you may not personally know it, but you have heard it is good.
This works for some other verbs:
I've heard Beatles' music (I actually heard it)
I've heard of Beatles' music (I haven't heard it myself, but have heard people talk about it)
Thanks, I caught it!
Kalinka is right.
But in the example "Do you know of a good site" / "Do you know a good site", there isn't really much difference.