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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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- politeness - How should I tell someone I called you but you didnt . . .
Follow up email: I'm writing to discuss [subject matter] I tried to reach you by phone last week but I couldn't get through (or, you were unavailable) So I wanted to ask you about [back to subject matter] Benefits: courteous, polite, easy-going clearly points out your attempt to call keeps focus on what you really want With minor adjustments, the same message could be used in a voicemail or
- 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
- Why didnt he vs. Why did not he - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I understand that [ didn't = did not] But is it correct to write the following? Why didn't he come to work? Why did not he come to work? And can it be written as follows? Why he didn't come
- Why didnt (or did not) somebody do something? or Why did somebody . . .
Either works from a grammatical perspective, but usually a native speaker would say Why didn't somebody do something? The other way is not wrong Why did somebody not do something? Putting the not outside of the normal order causes more emphasis to be placed upon it, a rhetorical figure known as anastrophe From NOAD: anastrophe |əˈnastrəfē| noun Rhetoric the inversion of the usual order
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