- 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,
- Difference between havent . . . yet and didnt. . . . yet
Wikipedia has a decent article on past tenses that explains a lot of this To summarise: "They didn't start yet" is the negative form of the simple past, "They started " In the positive form it indicates that the activity happened at some definite known point in the past, and is over and done with now In the negative form this is a more nebulous idea, but in this example it would imply that
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Didnt you USED TO or Didnt you USE TO? [duplicate]
I was somehow confused encountering this sentence: Didn't you USED TO work with Annie at Macy's? Should we use USE TO here since we are using Did which needs the base form of the verb
- 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
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