I'm sorry you think I don't know.
Regarding one person saying, "I am very sorry if you think I might not know X."
Suppose that Mr. B acts to teach X, assuming that "A does not know X" about X, which he A knows./villagepump/nishio.icon
I can understand being miffed and disappointed in A's position.
I get miffed myself sometimes.nishio.icon
I took some time to think about it, and I don't think I'd ever say to someone, "It's too bad you don't know that I know X."
I can't help what I don't know, even if you told me that.
I have a feeling it's just going to come down to, "Oh, you're sorry."
I think it's reasonable to assume that from B's perspective, "we don't know what A knows and what he doesn't know."
B doesn't know "I know X" because it's about A's inner life.
Unless A has stated in advance what he knows about X...
There was a similar story just the other day.
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