Usage of て-form in 知っての通り


I have just come across the phrase `知っての通り〜` (as you know...)

I have never noticed this usage of て-form before and can't find an
explanation.

What is the difference (if any) between this and `知っている通り`?

I have also seen `見ての通り` used in a similar way.

If possible please provide a more generalised explanation of the grammar at
work here, and examples of other ways it may be used.




There is a brief description of this in 日本文法大辞典 (Matsuura Akira, 1971) on page
505.

> 「て」は、多くの接続助詞と異なり、すべての係助詞、副助詞「のみ」「だに」「すら」、格助詞「の」「より」「から」などを下接する。[略]
> 格助詞に。例：あひ見 **ての** 後の心にくらぶれば昔はものを思はざりけり (拾遺集 710) / 生レ **テヨリ** コノカタ
> (中華若木詩抄・中) / 提婆ハヲサナウ **テカラ** 仏ト中カワルカツタソ (勅規桃源鈔, 3)

Rough translation:

> - _te_ differs from many other conjunctive particles in that it can be
> suffixed by all linking particles; adverbial particles - _nomi_ , - _dani_ ,
> - _sura_ ; and case particles - _no_ , - _yori_ , - _kara_ , etc. [skip]
> Case particles: (Examples) あひ見 **ての** 後の心にくらぶれば昔はものを思はざりけり (拾遺集 710), 生レ
> **テヨリ** コノカタ (中華若木詩抄・中), 提婆ハヲサナウ **テカラ** 仏ト中カワルカツタソ (勅規桃源鈔, 3)

As already noted, in modern Japanese the two most common forms are _mite no
tōri_ and _sitte no tōri_. As explained above, this is just one of many
suffixes that - _te_ can take on.

There is a fine explanation comparing _mite no tōri_ , _mita tōri_ , and _miru
tōri_
[here](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q116469966).




There is a brief description of this in 日本文法大辞典 (Matsuura Akira, 1971) on page
505.

> 「て」は、多くの接続助詞と異なり、すべての係助詞、副助詞「のみ」「だに」「すら」、格助詞「の」「より」「から」などを下接する。[略]
> 格助詞に。例：あひ見 **ての** 後の心にくらぶれば昔はものを思はざりけり (拾遺集 710) / 生レ **テヨリ** コノカタ
> (中華若木詩抄・中) / 提婆ハヲサナウ **テカラ** 仏ト中カワルカツタソ (勅規桃源鈔, 3)

Rough translation:

> - _te_ differs from many other conjunctive particles in that it can be
> suffixed by all linking particles; adverbial particles - _nomi_ , - _dani_ ,
> - _sura_ ; and case particles - _no_ , - _yori_ , - _kara_ , etc. [skip]
> Case particles: (Examples) あひ見 **ての** 後の心にくらぶれば昔はものを思はざりけり (拾遺集 710), 生レ
> **テヨリ** コノカタ (中華若木詩抄・中), 提婆ハヲサナウ **テカラ** 仏ト中カワルカツタソ (勅規桃源鈔, 3)

As already noted, in modern Japanese the two most common forms are _mite no
tōri_ and _sitte no tōri_. As explained above, this is just one of many
suffixes that - _te_ can take on.

There is a fine explanation comparing _mite no tōri_ , _mita tōri_ , and _miru
tōri_
[here](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q116469966).

