Knew and New
The words knew and new are homophones, which means that they sound or are pronounce the same, as in the word knew the K is silent, but have different meanings.
The word knew is an verb, and is the past tense of the word know.
The word new is both adjective an adverb, and means either recently discovered, introduced, produced, or acquired.
Ways to remember which is correct to use in a sentence
Knew is related to the word knowledge.
New means the opposite of old.
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