So sometimes I say,
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conulyor hear other people say, "I don't know that something or other" and other times I say or hear "I don't know if something or other". I vaguely feel as though there is some sort of distinction here, some nuance where the two phrasings don't have exactly the same meaning, but I can't pin it down even in my speech. What does everybody else think?
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Date: 2020-03-10 12:29 am (UTC)"I don't know if we're getting a new car this year." (Dunno! It's a possibility!)
"I don't know that we're getting a new car this year." (Whoever is talking like it's a possibility is almost certainly mistaken.)