I don't know then vs Then I don't know

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I don't know then' is used when you are unsure about something happening at that moment. 'Then I don't know' is used to express uncertainty or confusion about a situation that has been described or discussed.

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I don't know then

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when you are unsure about something happening at that moment.

Examples:

I don't know then, maybe we should ask someone else.
If you're not sure, just say 'I don't know then.'

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"I don't know then that the place", "a mile from anywhere,"
"I don't know then that the place," "a mile from anywhere," "and day, brilliant, sultry, balmy,"
I don't know, Then I'll give them to someone else.
I don't know, then I guess it'll never be.
Because if I say I don't know, Then your guys come down here and call me and my guys names.
I don't know, but then again, my memory is like me... Suspect.
I don't know, 'cause then I'd have to look.
I don't know, but by then we'll have the money.
But as long as I don't know for sure, then, in a way, I'm keeping him alive.
If we don't save him now I don't know what will happen then.
I don't know what happened then, but I was panicked and scared, and when I suddenly came to, it seemed like I was being attacked by a stranger.
I didn't, but I have dreams about that all the time - that I'm pregnant, and that I don't know... and then it's too late for me to get an abortion.
I didn't, but I have dreams about that all the time - that I'm pregnant, and that I don't know... and then it's too late for me to get an abortion.
I don't know what she wanted then, and I don't know what she wants now.
I don't know where you were then?
I'm in a waiting room, but I don't know what for, then suddenly I'm locked in a plane that can't take off, then in a theater, watching a choir rehearse but I can't hear anything.
I don't know what to do then.
- Left the bloodstains on the carpet - I don't know why, baby Then you ran into the bedroom, you were struck down, it was your doom, Annie
I didn't know then what I do now, Eliza.
I don't know. I didn't know you then.

Then I don't know

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express uncertainty or confusion about a situation that has been described or discussed.

Examples:

She said she would be here by 3, but then I don't know what happened.
He told me the plan, but then I don't know what to do next.

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Then I don't know what'cha want, Big Daddy.
Then I don't know where that leaves us.
But then I don't know what to do with my eyes.
And then I don't know, it's like a stepping stone, I could go anywhere.
If you think something's fishy going on in sick bay, then I don't know who to trust in there.
But if you keep actin' like one, then I don't know.
If you're not a figment of my imagination, then I don't know what's happening any more.
Well, then I don't know what she saw in him.
Okay, if that isn't a wake-up call to get back to work, then I don't know what is.
Because if he did, then I don't know what no.He didn'T.
If you can't deal with that, then I don't know if this thing between us can work out.
If this place doesn't take your mind off of Cece, then I don't know, man.
If I can't trust you with her... with her well-being, then I don't know when I can.
Now, if that doesn't show consciousness of guilt, then I don't know what does.
I want to believe you, because if you did do it, if you still don't respect the fact that I need my own space, then I don't know why we're trying this again.
What I need, what I can not live without, is total and complete honesty, and if you can't give me that, then I don't know what we're doing.
Lolly, we belong together, and if this bold gesture doesn't prove it to you, then I don't know what will. [Police siren chirps]
I have always treated you as a partner and a friend, and if that's not marriage, then I don't know what is!
If we can't feed a few soldiers in our own village, them that have taken a bullet or worse for king and country, then I don't know what!
If this isn't a scoop then I don't know what a scoop is!

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