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- When is it more correct to say did not and when didnt?
I noticed multiple times, when writing in Microsoft Word that the program suggests a correction, from either form to the other I can't seem to follow the logic When is it better to say did not,
- dont vs didnt - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Someone sent M a package So, M didn't receive the package When I asked M, "Have you received the package?" What should her reply be? "I don't receive the package", or "I didn't receive the pack
- grammaticality - didnt have versus havent had - English . . .
Which of the following sentences is correct? In the last two weeks I didn't have much time In the last two weeks I haven't had much time If both are correct, are they different in m
- grammar - If conditional didnt vs hadnt - English Language . . .
Grammar rules say that hadn't is used for unreal past conditions, but why can't we use simple past negation instead of past perfect? If I hadn't come to the meeting, it wouldn't have happened If
- Difference between havent . . . yet and didnt. . . . yet
I was wondering what the difference was between a sentence with have and one with do For example this one: They haven't started yet They didn't start yet Is there a difference? nbsp;W
- No, I hadnt. vs No, I didnt. - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Did you have lunch at home yesterday? (1) No, I haven't (2) No, I hadn't (3) No, I didn't (4) No, I don't The relevant word in the question is did, and the corresponding word in the reply would be didn't So 3 is correct In the US you might not always find consistency in this There is this bit of dialogue from a TV cop show: "Hey, buddy, got a light?" "Yes, I do " But the question in
- differences - Didnt used to or didnt use to? - English Language . . .
Here is a question that has been nagging me for a few years: Which is the right usage: "Didn't used to" or "didn't use to?" Examples: We lived on the coast for years but we didn't use to go to the
- grammar - hadnt thought vs. didnt think - English Language . . .
This is a question of 'past simple' (didn't think) vs 'past perfect' (hadn't thought) Past simple is used to indicate that something happened before the present Past perfect is used to indicate that something happened before some other past event So with this specific question lets label each of the events actions: A - It was late B - I was trying to do your package quickly C - [I] didn't
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