lechuck

[still slate]

Please be patient

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[white root]

just need to look it up in a dictionary: https://www.wordreference.com/fren/lorsque

[pure sigil]

I know what it means usually, that's why I asked the question because in English I'd translate this in my head "Thanks for only opening the door when you know"

It feels like it's missing the object (the person whom you know)

[white root]

ah, well the issue isn't with lorsque

[pure sigil]

so i'm curious if this is a common thing in written french to leave out the object so to speak. or if it's a weird case

[white root]

they've left out the object of the verbe connaitre in this case

it's implied

which, grammatically, isn't probably the best, but it's not uncommon

[pure sigil]

thank you for clarifying! that wouldn't happen in english so it threw me haha

[onyx haven]

Well it can have a equivalent in english
Don't open [it] until you know them