how to use 지 말란 법도 없는 것이다 and 는(ㄴ,) 것으로 알고 있다 ?
Can anyone tell me how to use 지 말란 법도 없는 것이다 and 는(ㄴ,은) 것으로 알고 있다 ? When they are in the sentences I can't understand what do they mean.
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-지 말란 볍도 없는 것이다 => There's no law that says ...
It is used to say something roundaboutly (에둘러), because direct statement is too obvious, boring, etc.
네가 (경기에서) 우승하지 말란 법도 없는 것이다.
=> There's no law that says' you shouldn't win the game. ("rule" may substitute "law")
네가 (경기에서) 우승하지 못 한다는 법도 없다.
=> There's no rule that says you can't win the game.
네가 백만장자가 되면 안 된다는 법도 없다.
=> There's no rule that says you can't become a millionaire.
- 것으로 알고 있다. (기억이나 판단이 확실치 않을 때 사용)
=> I know ..to be...; My recollection is that ...; As far as I know...; I think that ...
You use it when you can't recall something clearly without doubt.
나는 그가 음악을 전공한 것으로 알고 있다.
=> My recollection is that he majored in music.
=> I know it to be music that he majored in.
..I know it to be the established custom of your sex to reject a man on the first application.
=> ..남자의 첫번째 구애/신청을 거절하는 것이 여성들 사이에서의 관행인 것으로 압니다.
(from "Pride and Prejedice" by Jane Austen - "오만과 편견")
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