If you say "I didn't know that...", does the followup have to be past or can it be present if the situation is still true in the present?
I didn't know that you could swim.
or
I didn't know that you can swim?
I didn't know + past or present?
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Re: I didn't know + past or present?
Formally, the former. Casually, the latter is acceptable.