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They don’t know where the documents are.

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Sentence

Narrator

They don’t know where the documents are.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

You should try to find out where the documents are located.

Describing Habits

They consistently misplace important documents; I never know where to find them.

Asking About Others

Do you know where they keep their documents?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If they had a better filing system, they wouldn't be unsure of the documents' location.

Rephrased versions

Formal

The whereabouts of the documents are unknown to them.

Casual

They have no clue where the papers are.

Simpler English

They can't find the documents.

Phrases to learn

don't know where

To be unaware of the location of something.