{"id":4604,"date":"2016-10-11T15:48:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T14:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nadinka.webd.pl\/letslearnenglish\/?p=4604"},"modified":"2017-06-18T22:31:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T21:31:18","slug":"other-ways-to-say-i-dont-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letslearnenglish.com\/nb\/other-ways-to-say-i-dont-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Other ways to say &#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using different ways to say <strong><em>\u201cI don&#8217;t know\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>will make your conversation far more interesting and natural.But don&#8217;t overuse this phrase, try first to figure out or find out the answer to the question, rather than give up and shrug your shoulders:)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tip\"><strong>Formal ways :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m sorry, I don&#8217;t know<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ll double check that and let you know<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ll find out and let you know<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m probably not the best person to ask for that information<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s a really good question. I&#8217;ll check<\/li>\n<li>Let me look that up for you<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s not my area of expertise. I&#8217;ll ask&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tip\"><strong>Informal ways (when talking to friends, colleagues, people we know):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m not sure<\/li>\n<li><strong>I have no idea\/I haven&#8217;t a clue\/ I haven&#8217;t got the faintest idea\/ I haven&#8217;t got the foggiest idea<\/strong> (These expressions are the most common, and are used when you have no information and you cannot guess the answer to a question)<\/li>\n<li>How should I know?\/Don&#8217;t ask me\/Search me (These expressions are used when you do not know something and you feel annoyed that someone is asking you about it, for instance: <em>&#8220;Who left this mess on the table?&#8217; &#8216;<strong>How should I know?<\/strong> I&#8217;ve only just come home.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Who knows?<\/strong> ( It is used for saying that you don&#8217;t know something because it is impossible for anyone to know it:<em>&#8221; Will they ever find the missing shipwrecks in the Bermuda Triangle? &#8220;<strong>Who knows&#8221;?<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong> Your guess is as good as mine<\/strong> ( It is used for saying that you know as little about something as the person who asked you about it)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not as far as I know<\/strong> ( We use this expression to say that something may be true, but you do not have enough information to know whether it is or not)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beats me<\/strong> (This is used when you do not know or understand something- same meaning as <strong>&#8220;I have no idea&#8221;, &#8220;I haven&#8217;t a clue&#8221;<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using different ways to say \u201cI don&#8217;t know\u201d will make your conversation far more interesting and natural.But don&#8217;t overuse this phrase, try first to figure out or find out the answer to the question, rather than give up and shrug your shoulders:) &nbsp; Formal ways : I&#8217;m 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