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Knowing can be roughly sub-divided as knowing how to and knowing that. If the question is about knowing how to, then the normal 'rules' apply when deciding on the appropriate tense.

Do you know how to make eba? (present tense)

When you started school did you know how to tie your shoelaces? (past tense)

When knowing means knowing that, then the past tense is used for knowledge that existed in the past:

Did you know that she was married when you asked her to dance?

You can use the present tense for present knowledge:

Do you know that the meeting has been cancelled?

However, it is also very common to use the past tense idiomatically to refer to present knowledge. So there is no problem asking:

Did you know that the meeting has been cancelled?

The past tense is often used when the questioner expects that the listener does not in fact know. For example, see these three questions of "Did you know that ...":

Did you know that he's Saraki's son?

Did you know that the iPhone 6 is a collector's item?

Did You Know That Earth Is Getting Lighter Every Day?

Happy Learning!

Digested

This is a beautiful piece and it's very unique on nairaland. More of these please and thanks dear OP

Do you know that this is simple English?

English is so complicated.

Great and educative thread.

u no chop ur school fees

Another example: I did not have strength to waka

OP there's a typo in your topic. It should read "Do You Know" and not "Do You Now"

Karmanaut:
OP there's a typo in your topic. It should read "Do You Know" and not "Do You Now"

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Karmanaut:
OP there's a typo in your topic.
It should read "Do You Know" and not "Do You Now"

Sorry I forgot my glasses... Corrected. Thanks

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Abeg na wetin dey make you laugh now? Shey you wan infect this post with your anti-frontpage virus?

Lalasticlala abeg move this thing to front page, abi shey e no dey educative enough? Hehn?

Oya o lalasticlala do d needful cos na biafra/amaechi dy always make fp

Hehe.. I have really learnt something new today

smuth:
Did you know that she was married when you asked her to dance?
Happy Learning!

pls i do not know if it is " ...asked her to dance"? or "...asked her for dance"?

Engrczar:
Another example: I did not have strength to waka

That is why "na" only you "waka come".

Do you know that lalasticlala has not seen this?

Do you know how to mail the Super Mod?

Did you report any abusive post to the Mod?

luckaz:
pls i do not know if it is " ...asked her to dance"?
or "...asked her for dance"?

Instead of saying "...asked her for dance" you should say "...asked her for a dance"

However,

"...asked her to dance" is more suitable.

Please visit this thread for more clarification:

https://www.nairaland.com/2703145/difference-between

Op,help me correct this"it have tay he have go out".

Thanks for this piece of information.

This is what should be making front page!...not stories about some actress and her birthday suit.

I swear, our illiterate president buhari doesn't know this

Ok. This is actually a straight forward issue. Thought you were about to share something very complex.

Gud

Yomieluv:
Op,help me correct this"it have tay he have go out".

[color=#003300] He don comot tey tey is more appropriate. [/color]

People who graduated from hamiomia college of education anambra will run away from this topic ... Simply because they use pidgin to defend thier final year projects

Yomieluv:
Op,help me correct this"it have tay he have go out".

"it has tay" is more appropriate

English

Did you know I got that....am I correct??

Nice! It's basically the problem of tenses.Nigerians and other peoples who use the English Language as their second language care less about their use of tenses, concord, numbers, person etc.