Alternatives to “I don’t know”

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hi i'm vanessa from speak english with

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vanessa calm I don't know let's talk

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about it I don't know do you know

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there's a famous quote by Aristotle well

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maybe by Aristotle that goes the more

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you know the more you know you don't

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know of course there are things that you

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don't know if you think you know

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everything you're probably a know-it-all

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not a popular character trait so if you

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don't want to directly say I don't know

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what can you say instead of course there

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are times when you need to say I don't

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know but there are plenty of other

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creative ways to tell someone that you

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don't have the knowledge that they're

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seeking today you're gonna learn 20 ways

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to say I don't know first of all look at

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some polite expressions that are great

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for business or professional situations

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and then we'll take a look at some

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expressions that you can use in casual

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daily everyday life let's start with the

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polite expressions first there are five

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key tag expressions that you can add to

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any of these I don't know phrases and

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it's gonna help you