And lo on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:17:33 +0100, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did  
spake, saying:

> Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>> Most neutral term seems to be "didn't know" or "don't know" - "John  
>> didn't
>> know what happened last night" oops "John can't remember what happened
>> last night" ;-)
>
>   A problem happens when you need a noun instead of a verb. For example  
> in
> something like "John is ashamed of showing is ignorance about what  
> happened last night".

"John is ashamed of admitting that he doesn't know what happened last  
night"

Amazing how it is possible to reword almost anything :-)

-- 
Phil Cook

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